Title | Explorations in mathematical physics : the concepts behind an elegant language |
Author(s) | Don Koks |
Publication | New York, Springer, 2006. |
Description | 1 online resource (xv, 539 p.) : ill |
Contents Note | The language of physics -- A trip down linear lane -- The natural language of random processes -- A roundabout route to geometric algebra -- Special relativity and the Lorentz transform -- Four-vectors and the road to tensors -- Accelerated frames : onward to the principle of covariance -- The elegance and power of tensor notation -- Curvature and differential geometry -- Variational calculus and field theory -- The green function approach to solving field equations -- Airliners, black holes, and cosmology : the ABC of general relativity |
Notes | Includes index |
Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
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Item Type | eBook |