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Boskoff, Wladimir-Georges |
A Mathematical Journey to Relativity |
I13027 |
2024 |
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Tsamparlis, Michael |
Solved Problems and Systematic Introduction to Special Relativity |
I13022 |
2024 |
eBook |
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Ginoux, Jean-Marc |
Poincar??, Einstein and the Discovery of Special Relativity |
I13006 |
2024 |
eBook |
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Petkov, Vesselin |
Seven Fundamental Concepts in Spacetime Physics |
I12958 |
2024 |
eBook |
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Bir??, Tam??s S??ndor |
Variational Principles in Physics |
I12868 |
2023 |
eBook |
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Koenders, M.A. Curt |
Constructing the Edifice of Mechanics |
I12661 |
2023 |
eBook |
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Raychaudhuri, Amal Kumar |
Classical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism |
I12529 |
2022 |
Book |
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Deshko, Yury |
Special Relativity |
I12503 |
2022 |
Book |
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Schmitz, Wouter |
Understanding Relativity |
I12464 |
2022 |
Book |
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Rafelski, Johann |
Modern Special Relativity |
I12381 |
2022 |
Book |
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| Title | A Mathematical Journey to Relativity : Deriving Special and General Relativity with Basic Mathematics |
| Author(s) | Boskoff, Wladimir-Georges;Capozziello, Salvatore |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2024. |
| Description | XXVI, 536 p. 49 illus., 16 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The 2nd edition of this textbook features more than 100 pages of new material, including four new chapters, as well as an improved discussion of differential geometry concepts and their applications. The textbook aims to provide a comprehensive geometric description of Special and General Relativity, starting from basic Euclidean geometry to more advanced non-Euclidean geometry and differential geometry. Readers will learn about the Schwarzschild metric, the relativistic trajectory of planets, the deflection of light, the black holes, and the cosmological solutions like de Sitter, Friedman-Lema??tre-Robertson-Walker, and G??del ones, as well as the implications of each of them for the observed physical world. In addition, the book provides step-by-step solutions to problems and exercises, making it an ideal introduction for undergraduate students and readers looking to gain a better understanding of Special and General Relativity. In this new edition, a wide discussion on metric-affine theories of gravity and equivalent formulations of General Relativity is reported. The aim is presenting also topics which could be useful for PhD students and researchers studying General Relativity from an advanced point of view |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031548239 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. GENERAL RELATIVITY
5. GENERAL RELATIVITY (PHYSICS)
6. GEOMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL
7. Mathematical Methods in Physics
8. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
9. QUANTUM PHYSICS
10. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
11. Special relativity (Physics)
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| Title | Solved Problems and Systematic Introduction to Special Relativity |
| Author(s) | Tsamparlis, Michael |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2024. |
| Description | XX, 485 p. 65 illus., 1 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In most undergraduate physics classes Special Relativity is taught from a simplistic point of view using Newtonian concepts rather than the relativistic way of thinking. This results in students often finding it difficult to understand properly the new approach/new ideas, and consequently to solve relativistic problems. Furthermore, a number of books treat the theory using advanced mathematics which is not necessary for the first approach to the theory. This book is intended to serve two roles: a. To treat a student in a systematic constructive way to the basic structure of the theory and b. To provide a large number of solved in-detail problems in the kinematics and dynamics of Special Relativity. Concerning the first aim the book introduces the basics of four-dimensional mathematics, i.e., Lorentz metric, relativistic tensors, and prepares, through working examples, the transition to General Relativity, which requires, besides the relativistic concepts, the use of Differential Geometry and tensor analysis. The presentation is concise and does not replace a book on Special Relativity. Concerning the second intention the large number of problems provides the necessary material which can be used in order to familiarize the student with the relativistic ???world???. These problems can be used in the class by the teachers either as working examples or as problem sheets. It will be our pleasure if the book will be useful to both students and teachers |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031317064 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY
2. Applications of Mathematics
3. CLASSICAL MECHANICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. MATHEMATICS
7. MECHANICS
8. QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
9. Quantum Electrodynamics, Relativistic and Many-body Calculations
10. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
11. Special relativity (Physics)
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| I13022 |
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| Title | Poincar??, Einstein and the Discovery of Special Relativity : An End to the Controversy |
| Author(s) | Ginoux, Jean-Marc |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. |
| Description | XV, 143 p. 8 illus., 5 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | 1905 is probably the best-known year in physics, since it was the year of the discovery of the special theory of relativity. For decades, historiography has told us that Albert Einstein, then a patent examiner in Bern, succeeded in developing this theory on his own, overcoming all the difficulties that the greatest scientists of his time had not been able to solve. However, some have pointed out that, before Einstein???s first publication in this field, the French mathematician and physicist Henri Poincar?? had obtained the same results, which he had published several months before Einstein. Yet today, this theory is known as Einstein???s special theory of relativity. Thus, considering the indisputable anteriority of Poincar?????s contributions, there is only one real question that needs to be answered: Why didn???t Poincar?? claim the authorship of special theory of relativity? After recapping on the ideas and concepts of the special theory of relativity in a manner accessible to non-specialists and recalling the historical context of the discovery of this theory, we will answer this question and thus put finally an end to this long-running controversy |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031513879 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. History of Physics and Astronomy
4. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
5. PHYSICS
6. SCIENCE
7. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
8. Special relativity (Physics)
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| I13006 |
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| Title | Variational Principles in Physics : From Classical to Quantum Realm |
| Author(s) | Bir??, Tam??s S??ndor |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. |
| Description | XII, 112 p. 12 illus., 1 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is an English translation from a Hungarian book designed for graduate and postgraduate students about the use of variational principles in theoretical physics. Unlike many academic textbooks, it dashes across several lecture disciplines taught in physics courses. It emphasizes and demonstrates the use of the variational technique and philosophy behind the basic laws in mechanics, relativity theory, electromagnetism, and quantum mechanics. The book is meant for advanced students and young researchers in theoretical physics but, also, more experienced researchers can benefit from its reading |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031278761 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK - SPRINGER
2. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
3. QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
4. Quantum Electrodynamics, Relativistic and Many-body Calculations
5. QUANTUM PHYSICS
6. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
7. Special relativity (Physics)
8. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| I12868 |
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| Title | Constructing the Edifice of Mechanics : From Newton to Modernity |
| Author(s) | Koenders, M.A. Curt |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. |
| Description | XIV, 203 p. 49 illus., 1 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book deals with theoretical mechanics. Newton published the "Philosophi?? Naturalis Principia Mathematica" in 1687. In it, he sets out the basic principles of physics that are required to understand the motion of the planets, their moons, and the comets in the solar system. It includes the gravitational (inverse square) law, the inertial principle, and the basic elements of mechanics. Since its publication, a large number of refinements and reformulations have been introduced, thereby adding enormous insight into the structure of mechanics, which is commonly known as ???classical mechanics???. All these have in common that by taking a suitable limit, Newton's original principles re-appear. Thus, physicists and mathematicians who work on the subject always have a notion that if their theories do not return to Newton's foundations, then there is something wrong. Newton himself acknowledged that 'if I have seen further (than others), it is by standing on the shoulders of giants'. One of these giants was undoubtedly Galileo who died in the year Newton was born. So, Newton himself adhered to the 'classical limit' |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031340710 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravity
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. GRAVITATION
4. QUANTUM PHYSICS
5. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
6. Special relativity (Physics)
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| I12661 |
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| Title | Classical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism : A Course of Lectures |
| Author(s) | Raychaudhuri, Amal Kumar |
| Publication | Singapore, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. |
| Description | XIII, 300 p. 63 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book examines the topics of magnetohydrodynamics and plasma oscillations, in addition to the standard topics discussed to cover courses in electromagnestism, electrodynamics, and fundamentals of physics, to name a few. This textbook on electricity and magnetism is primarily targeted at graduate students of physics. The undergraduate students of physics also find the treatment of the subject useful. The treatment of the special theory of relativity clearly emphasises the Lorentz covariance of Maxwell's equations. The rather abstruse topic of radiation reaction is covered at an elementary level, and the Wheeler???Feynman absorber theory has been dwelt upon briefly in the book |
| ISBN,Price | 9789811681394 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Electron Transfer
4. Elementary particles (Physics)
5. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
6. MAGNETISM
7. Oxidation-reduction reaction
8. PLASMA (IONIZED GASES)
9. PLASMA PHYSICS
10. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
11. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
12. Special relativity (Physics)
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| I12529 |
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| Title | Special Relativity : For Inquiring Minds |
| Author(s) | Deshko, Yury |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XIV, 348 p. 177 illus., 137 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This textbook introduces the special theory of relativity at a level which is accessible to undergraduate students and even high school students with a strong foundation in algebra. The presentation emphasizes clean algebraic and geometrical methods, visualized with plenty of illustrations, resulting in a textbook that is modern and serious yet accessible. Replete with many solved exercises and copious spacetime diagrams, this book will help students develop relativistic intuition when encountering the subject for the first time. The emphasis on geometric methods, combined with the pedagogically appealing k-calculus approach, makes this book ideal for a self-contained course on special relativity or as supplementary reading for modern physics courses. It will also appeal to high schoolers with a strong math background who want to get ahead |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030911423 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. GEOMETRY
4. GRAVITATION
5. GRAVITATIONAL PHYSICS
6. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
7. Special relativity (Physics)
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| I12503 |
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| Title | Understanding Relativity : A Conceptual Journey Into Spacetime, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves |
| Author(s) | Schmitz, Wouter |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | X, 421 p. 204 illus., 200 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book bridges the huge gap between popular science and mathematical treatments of Einstein's theories. It explains special and general relativity, gravity, black holes, and gravitational waves, also presenting current ideas about dark matter and dark energy. The explanations are entirely non-mathematical, using many color pictures and clear concepts. In this way, the reader is led to a much deeper understanding than any popular science book can provide. The author has written this book for everyone who wants to go beyond superficial descriptions of relativity's remarkable phenomena, but is not equipped to read the professional literature and complicated math behind the theory. By providing a complete description in terms of concepts and pictures, the book answers many questions about why the theory works as it does. For example, it explains why and how momentum and pressure are related to gravity; why and how mass causes spacetime to curve and how curvature tells objects how to move; it also reveals the origin of the ring seen around the first ever image of a black hole. Not least, the reader will learn in detail how gravitational waves are produced and measured. Since their conception, the theories of relativity have appealed to the public's imagination. Thanks to this book, readers now have the opportunity to convert their fascination with the topic to a deep understanding |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031172199 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. GENERAL RELATIVITY
6. GENERAL RELATIVITY (PHYSICS)
7. GRAVITATION
8. GRAVITATIONAL PHYSICS
9. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
10. Special relativity (Physics)
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| Title | Modern Special Relativity : A Student's Guide with Discussions and Examples |
| Author(s) | Rafelski, Johann |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XIX, 458 p. 90 illus., 72 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book presents Special Relativity in a language accessible to students while avoiding the burdens of geometry, tensor calculus, space-time symmetries, and the introduction of four vectors. The search for clarity in the fundamental questions about Relativity, the discussion of historical developments before and after 1905, the strong connection to current research topics, many solved examples and problems, and illustrations of the material in colloquial discussions are the most significant and original assets of this book. Importantly for first-time students, Special Relativity is presented such that nothing needs to be called paradoxical or apparent; everything is explained. The content of this volume develops and builds on the book Relativity Matters (Springer, 2017). However, this presentation of Special Relativity does not require 4-vector tools. The relevant material has been extended and reformulated, with additional examples and clarifications. This introduction of Special Relativity offers conceptual insights reaching well beyond the usual method of teaching relativity. It considers relevant developments after the discovery of General Relativity (which itself is not presented), and advances the reader into contemporary research fields. This presentation of Special Relativity is connected to present day research topics in particle, nuclear, and high intensity pulsed laser physics and is complemented by the current cosmological perspective. The conceptual reach of Special Relativity today extends significantly further compared even to a few decades ago. As the book progresses, the qualitative and historical introduction turns into a textbook-style presentation with many detailed results derived in an explicit manner. The reader reaching the end of this text needs knowledge of classical mechanics, a good command of elementary algebra, basic knowledge of calculus, and introductory know-how of electromagnetism |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030543525 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences
3. Classical and Quantum Gravity
4. CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS
5. CLASSICAL MECHANICS
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. ELECTRODYNAMICS
9. GRAVITATION
10. MECHANICS
11. SOLAR SYSTEM
12. SPACE PHYSICS
13. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
14. Special relativity (Physics)
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