The Geometry of Spacetime: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity

by James J. Callahan

Book Overview

Preliminary Text. DO NOT USE. In 1905, Albert Einstein offered a revolutionary theory--special relativity--to explain some of the most troubling problems about electromagnetism and motion in the physics of the day. Soon afterwards, 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 introduces the theory of frames, surfaces, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441931422
• ISBN13: 9781441931429
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.6"