Overview
- Covers both special and general theory of relativity and applications to cosmology in a logical and self-contained way
- Provides the reader with a philosophically satisfying understanding of Einstein’s theory
- Presents both the conceptual and working knowledge of Einstein’s theory, without the reader having to make his own calculations
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
First, the book starts at a lower mathematical level than standard books with tensor calculus of sufficient maturity to make it possible to give detailed calculations of relativistic predictions of practical experiments. Self-contained introductions are given, for example vector calculus, differential calculus and integrations. Second, in-between calculations have been included, making it possible for the non-technical reader to follow step-by-step calculations. Thirdly, the conceptual development is gradual and rigorous in order to provide the inexperienced reader with a philosophically satisfying understanding of the theory.
The goal of this book is to provide the reader with a sound conceptual understanding of both the special and general theories of relativity, and gain an insight into how the mathematics of the theory can be utilized to calculate relativistic effects.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“Einstein’s Theory fits in an unusual place for introductory books on the topic. … this work reaches the mathematical, theoretical, and conceptual understanding of a graduate course, assuming just basic algebraic skills. … this is a rare book that can take the motivated reader with an elementary algebra background to a rigorous understanding of general relativity. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and general readers.” (E. Kincanon, Choice, Vol. 49 (9), May, 2012)
“This book stands apart from other introductory textbooks on general relativity in that it is aimed at non-science educated readers who nonetheless want to get a thorough understanding of this theory. … The book succeeds quite well in explaining the concepts underlying general relativity in elementary terms without sacrificing mathematical rigor. An additional bonus are the philosophical remarks obviously due to one of the authors being a philosopher himself.” (Helmut Rumpf, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1234, 2012)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Øyvind Grøn, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway, oyvind.gron@fys.uio.no
Arne Næss, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway (deceased)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Einstein's Theory
Book Subtitle: A Rigorous Introduction for the Mathematically Untrained
Authors: Øyvind Grøn, Arne Næss
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0706-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-0705-8
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9732-6
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-0706-5
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 341
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Philosophy of Science, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics