Overview
- Presents an important and fascinating blend of geometry and physics
- Explains the surprising notions and consequences of relativity in a way which readers will appreciate and understand
- Interdisciplinary interest from students and researchers in both math and physics
- Includes over 200 clear and helpful diagrams and many examples
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Request lecturer material: sn.pub/lecturer-material
Part of the book series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics (UTM)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Geometry of Spacetime
Book Subtitle: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity
Authors: James J. Callahan
Series Title: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6736-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98641-8Published: 17 December 1999
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3142-9Published: 12 December 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-6736-0Published: 09 March 2013
Series ISSN: 0172-6056
Series E-ISSN: 2197-5604
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 454
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Quantum Physics, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Differential Geometry