A General Relativity Workbook

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This general relativity textbook helps students develop a solid mastery of both the physics and the supporting tensor calculus. The unique workbook-based design fosters active-learning by explaining key concepts before guiding students through working out the processes. More than 350 additional problems support students' learning.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781891389825
ISBN-10: 1891389823
Pagini: 500
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 216 x 276 x 25 mm
Greutate: 1.13 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: University Science Books,U.S.
Locul publicării:Sausalito, United States

Descriere

A General Relativity Workbook is a textbook intended to support a one-semester undergraduate course on general relativity. Through its unique workbook-based design, it enables students to develop a solid mastery of both the physics and the supporting tensor calculus by guiding them to work through the implications. The mathematics is introduced gradually and in a completely physical context. Each chapter, which is designed to correspond to one class session, involves a short overview of the concepts without obscuring derivations or details, followed by a series of boxes that guide students through the process of working things out. This active-learning approach enables students to develop a more secure mastery of the material than more traditional approaches. More than 350 homework problems support further learning.

Cuprins

Introduction
Review of Special Relativity
Four-Vectors
Index Notation
Arbitrary Coordinates
Tensor Equations
Maxwell's Equations
Geodesics
The Schwarzschild Metric
Particle Orbits
Precession of the Perihelion
Photon Orbits
Deflection of Light
Event Horizon
Alternative Coordinates
Black Hole Thermodynamics
The Absolute Gradient
Geodesic Deviation
The Riemann Tensor
The Stress-Energy Tensor
The Einstein Equation
Interpreting the Equation
The Schwarzschild Solution
The Universe Observed
A Metric for the Cosmos
Evolution of the Universe
Cosmic Implications
The Early Universe
CMB Fluctuations and Inflation
Gauge Freedom
Detecting Gravitational Waves
Gravitational Wave Energy
Generating Gravitational Waves
Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Gravitomagnetism
The Kerr Metric
Particle Orbits in Kerr Spacetime
Ergoregion and Horizon
Negative-Energy Orbits
Index

Recenzii

'Moore's workbook makes General Relativity accessible to undergraduates who have seen little or none of the underlying mathematical framework. This is achieved not by watering down the contents, but rather by systematically guiding readers to work everything out themselves until they own the concepts and the mathematical techniques. It is indeed a workbook, which I trust will be a great success.' - Sergio Picozzi, University of Maryland, USA

'With its clean organization, its direct and clear prose, and especially its pedagogically effective workbook format, Moore's A General Relativity Workbook may quickly become the new standard for upper division undergraduate courses in General Relativity.' -John Mallinckrodt, Cal Poly Pomona, USA

'Not since Misner, Wheeler & Thorne has there been such a useful resource.' - Paul McKenna, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

Notă biografică

THOMAS A. MOORE is a Professor in the physics department of Pomona College, California, USA.

Caracteristici

Strong emphasis on physics with a full grounding in supporting mathematics
Unique workbook-based design to help students develop understanding
More than 350 additional problems to support further learning

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