Practical Relativity

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Practical Relativity
From First Principles to the Theory of Gravity
RICHARD N. HENRIKSEN Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Practical Relativity is an advanced textbook that aims to emphasize the real applications of relativity and places the topic in the context of experimental science. The 'practical' aspect of the book rests primarily on the author's method of starting at the beginning of the topic and proceeding to advanced material, while including all the stages that lead to important results. This text encompasses an approach that remains as close as possible to familiar concepts of vectors, tensors and reference systems in the hope of capitalizing on received wisdom.
Presented in six chapters, each chapter takes a logical step on the way to relativistic electromagnetism and gravity.
Chapter topics are:
• Non-relativity for Relativists ^
i • Invariance of Physical Law Unddr Changüí of inertial Fcalhe ifí Pftl^MpS--.'^ mUD^ • implications: Using and Understaodlftg... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Practical Relativity
From First Principles to the Theory of Gravity
RICHARD N. HENRIKSEN Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Practical Relativity is an advanced textbook that aims to emphasize the real applications of relativity and places the topic in the context of experimental science. The 'practical' aspect of the book rests primarily on the author's method of starting at the beginning of the topic and proceeding to advanced material, while including all the stages that lead to important results. This text encompasses an approach that remains as close as possible to familiar concepts of vectors, tensors and reference systems in the hope of capitalizing on received wisdom.
Presented in six chapters, each chapter takes a logical step on the way to relativistic electromagnetism and gravity.
Chapter topics are:
• Non-relativity for Relativists ^
i • Invariance of Physical Law Unddr Changüí of inertial Fcalhe ifí Pftl^MpS--.'^ mUD^ • implications: Using and Understaodlftg th^^Ttz "toufomuj ' *
^ • Electromagnetic Tbeotyjua Space-titüfi ¦ ;
I • Gravitafioilil Structiir«f Spaee-tiffiB gggfe l • The Measurejif Space-fuaie
Problems and examples are included throughout the text and a solutions manual for authorized professors is available at www.wiley.com/go/henriksen.
This book may be used as lecture material for a course on special relativity and gravitation at an undergraduate and graduate level, and will appeal to students studying for both physics and astronomy. In addition, it will be a useful source book for physicists, astronomers and engineers. Vissza