Covariant Physics : From Classical Mechanics to General Relativity and Beyond Paperback / softback
by Moataz H. (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, State University of New York College at Emam
Paperback / softback
Description
Covariant Physics: From Classical Mechanics to General Relativity and Beyond endeavours to provide undergraduate students as well as self-learners with training in the fundamentals of the modern theories of spacetime, most notably the general theory of relativity as well as physics in curved spacetime backgrounds in general.
This text does so with the barest of mathematical preparation.
In fact, very little beyond multivariable calculus and a bit of linear algebra is assumed.
Throughout this textbook, the main theme tying the various topics is the so-called principle of covariance - a fundamental symmetry of physics that one rarely encounters in undergraduate texts.
The material is introduced very gradually, starting with the simplest of high school mathematics, and moving through the more intense notions of tensor calculus, geometry, and differential forms with ease.
Familiar notions from classical mechanics and electrodynamics are used to increase familiarity with the advanced mathematical ideas, and to emphasize the unity of all of physics under the single principle of covariance.
The mathematical and physical techniques developed in this book should allow students to perform research in various fields of theoretical physics as early as their sophomore year in college.
The language the reader will learn in this book is the foundational mathematical language of many modern branches of physics, and as such should allow them to read and generally understand many modern physics papers.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:416 pages, 79 line drawings, 14 colour images
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:02/03/2021
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- ISBN:9780198865001
Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:416 pages, 79 line drawings, 14 colour images
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:02/03/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198865001
