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- Provides a quite original approach to Relativity, in that it tries to convey nontrivial, quantitative ideas about geometry and general relativity using elementary mathematics only
- Offers a short, but mathematically correct introduction to the general theory of relativity for first-year students of astronomy, mathematics or physics Paves the way for more advanced texts Over 75 exercises with full solutions help the reader understand the matter
Part of the book series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics (ULNP)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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Reviews
From the reviews:
“The book is a short, clear and elementary introduction to the main ideas of Special Relativity and General Relativity. The primary target was an audience of well-trained high school students, interested in a course beyond the popular science expositions. The contents reveals the aim of the author, to cover both the classic theory and the modern history of the Relativity Theory … .” (Gabriel Teodor Pripoae, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1244, 2012)
Authors and Affiliations
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, Departamento de Matematica, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Jose Natario
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: General Relativity Without Calculus
Book Subtitle: A Concise Introduction to the Geometry of Relativity
Authors: Jose Natario
Series Title: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21452-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-21451-6Published: 01 August 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-27050-5Published: 27 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-21452-3Published: 30 July 2011
Series ISSN: 2192-4791
Series E-ISSN: 2192-4805
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 128
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Applications of Mathematics, Cosmology, Astrophysics and Astroparticles
Industry Sectors: Aerospace