A General Relativity Workbook
$231.79
- Paperback
536 pages
- Release Date
12 October 2012
Summary
A General Relativity Workbook is atextbook intended to support a one-semester upper division undergraduatecourse on general relativity.Plt;brPgt;General relativity, which lies at the heart of contemporary physics, has recently become the focus of a number of lively theoretical, experimental, and computational research programs. As a result, undergraduates have become increasingly excited to learn about the subject.A General Relativity Workbook is a textbook intended to support a one-semester upper division undergraduate course on general relativity. Through its unique workbook-based design, it enables students to develop a solid mastery of both the physics and the supporting tensor calculus by pushing (and guiding) them to work through the implications. Each chapter, which is designed to correspond to one class session, involves a short overview of the concepts without obscuring derivations or details, followed by a series of boxes that guide students through the process of working things out for themselves.This active-learning approach enables students to develop a more secure mastery of the material than more traditional approaches. More than 350 homework problems support further learning. This book more strongly emphasizes the physics than many of its competitors, and while it provides students a full grounding in the supporting mathematics (unlike certain other competitors), it introduces the mathematics gradually and in a completely physical context.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781891389825 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1891389823 |
| Author: | Thomas A. Moore |
| Publisher: | University Science Books,U.S. |
| Imprint: | University Science Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 536 |
| Release Date: | 12 October 2012 |
| Weight: | 1.15kg |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 216mm x 273mm |
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Critics Review
‘Moore’s workbook makes General Relativity accessible to undergraduates who have seen little or none of the underlying mathematical framework. This is achieved not by watering down the contents, but rather by systematically guiding readers to work everything out themselves until they own the concepts and the mathematical techniques. It is indeed a workbook, which I trust will be a great success.’ - Sergio Picozzi, University of Maryland, USA ‘With its clean organization, its direct and clear prose, and especially its pedagogically effective workbook format, Moore’s A General Relativity Workbook may quickly become the new standard for upper division undergraduate courses in General Relativity.’ -John Mallinckrodt, Cal Poly Pomona, USA ‘Not since Misner, Wheeler & Thorne has there been such a useful resource.’ - Paul McKenna, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Thomas A. Moore
Thomas A. Moore is a professor in the physics department of Pomona College. He graduated from Carleton College in 1976, and earned an M. Phil. in 1978 and a Ph. D. in 1981 from Yale University. He then taught at Carleton College and Luther College before taking his current position at Pomona College in 1987, where he won a Wig Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1991. He served as an active member of the national Introductory University Physics Project (IUPP), and has published a number of articles about astrophysical sources of gravitational waves, detection of gravitational waves, and new approaches to teaching physics. His previous books include A TravelerP#39;s Guide to Spacetime (McGraw-Hill, 1995) on special relativity, and a six-volume introductory calculus-based physics text called Six Ideas That Shaped Physics (McGraw-Hill, 2003).
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