Relativity and Gravitation - Softcover

Tourrenc, Philippe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521456851 ISBN 13: 9780521456852

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

The book presents, in a condensed form, all aspects of special relativity and relativistic gravitation. The emphasis is on physical experiment, observation and interpretation. The first four chapters in Part I introduce special relativity; the following three chapters deal with mathematical derivation and introduce new concepts as background for Part II. Part II describes Newtonian gravitation using metric theory (placing it in general relativity); experimental tests are described using the post-Newtonian parameters; the Newtonian and Relativistic cosmologies are presented. The following three chapters contain detailed discussion of general relativity with different geometries introducing their effect. The last chapter presents two practical projects: the satellite gyroscope to measure the gravitational interactions spin-orbit and spin-spin, and a gravitational wave detector.

About this title

Book Description:

The book presents, in a condensed form, all aspects of special relativity (Part I) and relativistic gravitation (Part II). The emphasis is on physical experiment, observation and interpretation.Part I introduces special relativity and goes on to deal with mathematical derivation and introduce new concepts as background for part II.Part II describes general relativity including metric theory with respect to Newtonian gravitation, post-Newtonian parameters, Newtonian and Relativistic cosmologies, detailed discussion of general relativity with different geometries, and two practical projects.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0521456851
• ISBN 13: 9780521456852
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258