Relativity in Modern Physics

ISBN-13: 9780198786399 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 704 str.

Nathalie Deruelle; Jean-Philippe Uzan; Patricia de Forcrand-Millard

Opis

This comprehensive textbook on relativity integrates Newtonian physics, special relativity and general relativity into a single book. It emphasizes the deep underlying principles common to them all, yet explains how they are applied in different ways in these three contexts.

Recenzje

It brings together, in a coherent way, classical Newtonian physics, special relativity and general relativity, emphasising common underlying principles.

O autorze

Nathalie Deruelle is a researcher in Theoretical Physics and Director Research at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) in France. She is based at Laboratoire Astroparticules & Cosmologie (APC) at Université Paris VII (Denis-Diderot) and is affiliated professor at the Kyoto Yukawa Institute. Deruelle has lectured at numerous summer schools and universities, including the École Polytechnique and the École Normale Supérieure. Jean-Philippe Uzan is a researcher in Theoretical Physics and Director of Research at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) in France. He is currently member of the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP) at Université Paris VI (Sorbonne Université). Uzan has taught at several Paris universities, including the École Normale Supérieure, and has published specialized and popular books in physics and cosmology.