Kategoria BISAC: Science >> Physics - Relativity

The book introduces the general theory of relativity and includes applications to cosmology. The book contains a thorough introduction to tensor calculus and curved manifolds. After the necessary mathematical tools are introduced, we give a thorough presentation of the theory of relativity. Also, some advanced topics not previously covered by textbooks; e.g. Kaluza-Klein theory, Israel's formalism and branes. Anisotropic cosmological models are also included.

The book contains a large number of new exercises and examples, each with separate headings. The reader will get an updated...

Written with clarity and authority, and edited by DeWitt 's former student Steven Christensen, these timeless lecture notes, containing material not found elsewhere, are a gem to be discovered or re-discovered by anyone interested in gravitational physics.

PREMIO LETTERARIO GALILEO PER LA DIVULGAZIONE SCIENTIFICA, Padova 2012
SELEZIONE GIURIA SCIENTIFICA

Il piu complesso e ambizioso esperimento scientifico di tutti i tempi e ormai entrato nel vivo, eppure i suoi scopi precisi sono in gran parte sconosciuti al pubblico. Questo libro e una guida chiara e comprensibile per apprezzare le scoperte che avranno luogo al Large Hardon Collider (LHC) del CERN, per conoscere le stupefacenti innovazioni tecnologiche che sono state necessarie per la sua costruzione e per capire le motivazioni scientifiche dell esperimento. Ma e soprattutto uno...

This mathematically-oriented introduction takes the point of view that students should become familiar, at an early stage, with the physics of relativistic continua and thermodynamics within the framework of special relativity. Therefore, in addition to standard textbook topics such as relativistic kinematics and vacuum electrodynamics, the reader will be thoroughly introduced to relativistic continuum and fluid mechanics. There is emphasis on the 3+1 splitting technique.

This book contains an up-to-date review of the structure and evolution of disk galaxies from both the observational and theoretical point of view. It is the proceedings of the "Island Universes" conference held at the island of Terschelling in July 2005. It brings together a broad range of aspects of disk galaxies: structure and dynamics, the latest multi-wavelength surveys, low- and high redshift observations, theory and observations.

Modern physics books often describe a fantasy world that has less and less to do with reality. They tell of alternate universes, cosmic singularities, and extra dimensions. When they lack evidence for these ideas, they argue that they are following Einstein's example and looking for the next...