INTRODUCTION TO GEOMETRICAL PHYSICS, AN (SECOND EDITION) - Softcover

Ruben Aldrovandi & Jose Geraldo Pereira

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9813146818 ISBN 13: 9789813146815

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2016

Synopsis

"The book contains a very large amount of material and is useful for students and specialists as a reference book."

Zentralblatt MATH

 

This book focuses on the unifying power of the geometrical language in bringing together concepts from many different areas of physics, ranging from classical physics to the theories describing the four fundamental interactions of Nature — gravitational, electromagnetic, strong nuclear, and weak nuclear.

The book provides in a single volume a thorough introduction to topology and differential geometry, as well as many applications to both mathematical and physical problems. It is aimed as an elementary text and is intended for first year graduate students.

In addition to the traditional contents of books on special and general relativities, this book discusses also some recent advances such as de Sitter invariant special relativity, teleparallel gravity and their implications in cosmology for those wishing to reach a higher level of understanding.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 9813146818
• ISBN 13: 9789813146815
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 844