Sidney Coleman's Lectures on Relativity

ISBN-13: 9781316511725 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 223 str.

Oregon) David J. Griffiths (Reed College;David Derbes (University of Chicago);Richard B. Sohn

Opis

Sidney Coleman (1937–2007) earned his doctorate at Caltech under Murray Gell-Mann. Before completing his thesis, he was hired by Harvard and remained there his entire career. A celebrated particle theorist, he is perhaps best known for his brilliant lectures, given at Harvard and in a series of summer school courses at Erice, Sicily. Three times in the 1960s he taught a graduate course on Special and General Relativity; this book is based on lecture notes taken by three of his students and compiled by the Editors.

Recenzje

'… the authors' careful, diligent and detailed preparation of this book has brought to life again, the brilliance of Sidney Coleman. … a great resource and authoritative guide to both students and researchers.' Kymani Armstrong-Williams, Physics Book Reviews

Spis treści

Preface. Part I. Special Relativity: 1. The geometry of special relativity; 2. Relativistic mechanics; 3. Relativistic electrodynamics. Part II. General Relativity: 4. The principle of equivalence; 5. Differential geometry; 6. Gravity; 7. The Schwarzschild solution; 8. Conservation and cosmology; Afterword; Appendix A – Compendium of formulas; Appendix B – Final exams. Index.