Woodhouse, Nicholas
General Relativity (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781846284861
- author:
- Woodhouse, Nicholas
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Springer London
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2006
- Pages:
- 222
- Dimensions:
- 178 mm X 254 mm
- Genre:
- General relativity
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
General Relativity by N.M.J. Woodhouse is a concise and accessible introduction to the central ideas of general relativity. The book focuses on the chain of reasoning that leads to the relativistic theory, rather than its underlying mathematical structure. It explores how the equivalence principle reconciles special relativity with gravity, using techniques such as phase-plane analysis. The author sets up "local inertial coordinates" for an observer in free fall, where special relativity is valid over short times and distances. This approach allows for a clear understanding of the nature of gravity. The book also includes numerous problems to test understanding, as well as theoretical background to contemporary observational tests such as gravitational waves and cosmology. Suitable for final-year undergraduates and first-year postgraduates in mathematics, this book provides a mathematical approach to general relativity that is also accessible to physicists.
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