Publication

2000 - Springer, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

112,750 words, Guess

Page Count

451 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL385423M
  • ISBN-100387986413
  • OCLC Control Number40143008
  • Library of Congress Control Number98048083
  • LibraryThing730833
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  • Goodreads1182109

Classifications

  • DDC530.11
  • LCCQC173.55 .C36 2000

Description

"In 1905, Albert Einstein offered a revolutionary theoryspecial relativity - to explain some of the most troubling problems in current physics concerning electromagnetism and motion. Soon afterward, Hermann Minkowski recast special relativity essentially as a new geometric structure for spacetime. These ideas are the subject of the first part of the book. The second part develops the main implications of Einstein's general relativity as a theory of gravity rooted in the differential geometry of surfaces."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Undergraduate texts in mathematics

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