A Mathematical Journey to Relativity : Deriving Special and General Relativity with Basic Mathematics /: Deriving Special and General Relativity with Basic Mathematics. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Wladimir-Georges Boskoff, Salvatore Capozziello.
• Authors: Boskoff, Wladimir-Georges; Capozziello, Salvatore
• Contents: 1. Euclidean and Non-­Euclidean Geometries: How they appear.- 2. Basic Facts in Euclidean and Minkowski Plane Geometry.- 3. Geometric Inversion, Cross Ratio, Projective Geometry and Poincaré Disk Model.- 4. Surfaces in 3D-Spaces.- 5. Basic Differential Geometry.- 6. Non-Euclidean Geometries and their Physical Interpretation.- 7. Gravity in Newtonian Mechanics.- 8. Special Relativity.- 9. General Relativity and Relativistic Cosmology.- 10. A Geometric Realization of Relativity: The Affine Universe and de Sitter Spacetime.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (397 pages)
• Subjects: Physics; Gravitation; Mathematical physics; Quantum physics; Differential geometry; Science -- Relativity; Science -- Mathematical Physics; Science -- Quantum Theory; Mathematics -- Geometry -- Differential; Relativity physics; Mathematical physics; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory); Differential & Riemannian geometry
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030478940
• Related ISBNs: 9783030478933
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.