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An Introduction to Tensor Calculus, Relativity and Cosmology

John Wiley & Sons, 1982

This elementary introduction pays special attention to aspects of tensor calculus and relativity that students tend to find most difficult. Its use of relatively unsophisticated mathematics in the early chapters allows readers to develop their confidence within the framework of Cartesian coordinates before undertaking the theory of tensors in...

A Guide to Physics Problems : Part 1: Mechanics, Relativity, and Electrodynamics (The Language of Science)

Springer, 1994

In order to equip hopeful graduate students with the knowledge necessary to pass the qualifying examination, the authors have assembled and solved standard and original problems from major American universities – Boston University, University of Chicago, University of Colorado at Boulder, Columbia, University of Maryland, University of...

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Time (Oxford Handbooks)

Oxford University Press, 2011

As the study of time has flourished in the physical and human sciences, the philosophy of time has come into its own as a lively and diverse area of academic research. Philosophers investigate not just the metaphysics of time, and our experience and representation of time, but the role of time in ethics and action, and philosophical issues in...

Essentials of Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering

John Wiley & Sons, 2008

A complete introduction to the multidisciplinary applications of mathematical methods

In order to work with varying levels of engineering and physics research, it is important to have a firm understanding of key mathematical concepts such as advanced calculus, differential equations, complex analysis, and introductory mathematical...

General Relativity: A Concise Introduction

Oxford University Press, 2019

Einstein's general theory of relativity -- currently our best theory of gravity -- is important not only to specialists, but to a much wider group of physicists. This short textbook on general relativity and gravitation offers students glimpses of the vast landscape of science connected to general relativity. It incorporates some of the...

Reinventing Gravity: A Physicist Goes Beyond Einstein

Collins, 2008

"At last John Moffat's book is out! The voice of dissent in a sad world where every young scientist is sucking up to the dusty establishment. If you don't want to hear the same old things repeated yet again this is just the book for you. A mind-boggling foray into the odd world of gravity, straight from the mouth of the master...

Advanced Engineering Dynamics

Arnold, 1997

... essential reading for all those requiring a general understanding of the more advanced aspects of engineering dynamics.,Executive Engineer, -- Review

'Advanced Engineering Dynamics' bridges the gap between elementary dynamics and advanced specialist applications in engineering.

It begins with a...

Fat Manifolds and Linear Connections

World Scientific Publishing, 2008

The theory of connections is central not only in pure mathematics (differential and algebraic geometry), but also in mathematical and theoretical physics (general relativity, gauge fields, mechanics of continuum media). The now-standard approach to this subject was proposed by Ch. Ehresmann 60 years ago, attracting first mathematicians and...

Crossroads: History of Science, History of Art: Essays by David Speiser, vol. II

Birkhauser, 2011

Perusing the titles of the essays in this book makes it clear that its author is a man with many interests and a great curiosity. David Speiser is a lover and connoisseur of art. His view of the world is coloured by his familiarity with mathematics, that is, with “organized imagination” (his definition, see p. 49). As a...

The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History

Princeton Press, 2007

By any measure, the Pythagorean theorem is the most famous statement in all of mathematics, one remembered from high school geometry class by even the most math-phobic students. Well over four hundred proofs are known to exist, including ones by a twelve-year-old Einstein, a young blind girl, Leonardo da Vinci, and a future president of the...

The Physical Tourist: A Science Guide for the Traveler

Birkhauser, 2008

Typical travel guides have sections on architecture, art, literature, music and cinema. Rarely are any science-related sites identified. For example, a current travel guide for Germany contains one tidbit on science: Einstein is identified as the most famous citizen of Ulm. By contrast, this travel guide walks a tourist through Berlin and...

A Course in Theoretical Physics

John Wiley & Sons, 2013

This book is a comprehensive account of five extended modulescovering the key branches of twentieth-century theoretical physics,taught by the author over a period of three decades to students onbachelor and master university degree courses in both physics andtheoretical physics.

The modules cover nonrelativistic quantum mechanics,...

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