Relativity 3ed: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity - Softcover

Stephani, Hans

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521010691 ISBN 13: 9780521010696

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Thoroughly revised and updated introduction to special and general relativity, with exercises and extensive bibliography.

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Review

'All in all this is an impressive range of topics to cover in an introductory survey which starts more or less from scratch ... The mathematical treatment is rigorous but perfectly accessible to physics and applied mathematics students in their third or fourth years. ... It can be recommended, not only to students of relativity but to astrophysicists, cosmologists and particle physicists. It would also be of great use to physicists from other fields, at all levels, not attending a formal course, but rather interested in getting to grips with the subject by private study.' Contemporary Physics

'... the book is well written and contains a fair selection of topics for a beginning student of general relativity ... Besides being a textbook, because of its standard notation and clear style it can also be used as a reference ... Hans Stephani has produced a fine textbook of general relativity in the classical tradition.' General Relativity and Gravitation

Book Description

Thoroughly revised and updated, this textbook provides an introduction to special and general relativity. It covers the basics as well as touching on more difficult topics, such as gravitational lenses, Petrov classification, exact solutions and the structure of infinity. Exercises and an extensive bibliography are included to aid the reader.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521010691
• ISBN 13: 9780521010696
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 420