
Relativity: Special, General, and Cosmological, 0002nd Edition
Special, General and Cosmological
$288.88
- Hardcover
442 pages
- Release Date
9 August 2001
Summary
This book is a considerable amplification and modernisation of the author’s earlier Essential Relativity. It aims to bring the challenge and excitement of modern relativity and cosmology at rigorous mathematical level within reach of advanced undergraduates and beginning graduates, while containing enough new material to interest lecturers and researchers. Its basic purpose is to make relativity come alive conceptually. Hence the emphasis on thefoundations and the logical subtleties rather …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198508359 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198508352 |
| Author: | Wolfgang Rindler |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 442 |
| Edition: | 0002nd |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2001 |
| Weight: | 754g |
| Dimensions: | 242mm x 161mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
An outstanding introductory treatise by one of the masters of the subject, this book belongs to the shelves of every physics library. Foundations of Physics Professor Rindler’s book should be of particular interest to readers concerned with the physical foundations of relativity theory. Foundations of Physics This rich and insightful introduction to modern gravitational physics is an extended and updated version of the author’s earlier excellent textbook Essential Relativity. Special relativity, general relativity, and cosmology are treated with exceptional clarity in the three parts of this book. It provides a thorough and conceptually rigorous introduction to relativistic physics. Foundations of Physics … a first-class presentation of the intellectual glory of the first century of relativity. Times Higher Education Supplement This book will find its place as recommended reading for many advanced undergraduate courses in relativity and cosmology, and is an excellent foundation for work in this field at graduate level and beyond. Times Higher Education Supplement
About The Author
Wolfgang Rindler
Prof. Wolfgang Rindler, Dept of Physics, The University of Texas at Dallas, Email: , Phone: (972) 387 9768, Fax: (972) 883 2848
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