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Ta-Pei Cheng |
A college course on relativity and cosmology |
OB1094 |
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Ta-Pei Cheng |
Einstein's physics |
OB1071 |
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eBook |
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Ta-Pei Cheng |
College course on relativity and cosmology |
026049 |
2015 |
Book |
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Ta-Pei Cheng |
Einstein's physics: Atoms, Quanta, and Relativity Derived, Explained, and Appraised |
025021 |
2013 |
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| Title | College course on relativity and cosmology |
| Author(s) | Ta-Pei Cheng |
| Publication | Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015. |
| Description | xii, 292p. |
| Abstract Note | This advanced undergraduate text introduces Einstein's general theory of relativity. The topics covered include geometric formulation of special relativity, the principle of equivalence, Einstein's field equation and its spherical-symmetric solution, as well as cosmology. An emphasis is placed on physical examples and simple applications without the full tensor apparatus. It begins by examining the physics of the equivalence principle and looks at how it inspired Einstein's idea of curved spacetime as the gravitational field. At a more mathematically accessible level, it provides a metric description of a warped space, allowing the reader to study many interesting phenomena such as gravitational time dilation, GPS operation, light deflection, precession of Mercury's perihelion, and black holes. Numerous modern topics in cosmology are discussed from primordial inflation and cosmic microwave background to the dark energy that propels an accelerating universe. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780199693412 : UKP 27.95(PB) |
| Classification | 530.12:524.8
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| Keyword(s) | 1. EINSTEIN'S FIELD EQUATIONS
2. GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
3. PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE
4. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
5. SSPHERICALLY SYMMETRIC
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| Title | Einstein's physics: Atoms, Quanta, and Relativity Derived, Explained, and Appraised |
| Author(s) | Ta-Pei Cheng |
| Publication | Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013. |
| Description | xx, 350p. |
| Abstract Note | This is a physics book with material presented in the historical context. We do not stop at Einstein's discovery, but carry the discussion onto some of the later advances: Bell's theorem, quantum field theory, gauge theories and Kaluza-Klein unification in a spacetime with an extra spatial dimension.
Accessibility of the material to a modern-day reader is the goal of our presentation. Although the book is written with primarily a physics readership in mind (it can also function as a textbook), enough pedagogical support material is provided that anyone with a solid background in introductory physics can, with some effort, understand a good part of this presentation. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780199669912 : UKP 29.99(HB) |
| Classification | 53
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| Keyword(s) | 1. ATOMS
2. BLACKBODY RADIATION
3. BROWNIAN MOTION
4. EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATION
5. GENERAL RELATIVITY
6. QUANTA
7. QUANTUM THEORY
8. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
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