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Deformed Spacetimeby Fabio Cardone; Roberto Mignani
Springer 2007; US$ 219.00This volume provides a detailed discussion of the mathematical aspects and the physical applications of a new geometrical structure of space-time, based on a generalization ("deformation") of the usual Minkowski space, as supposed to be endowed with a metric whose coefficients depend on the energy. Such a formalism (Deformed Special Relativity, DSR) allows one to account for breakdown of local Lorentz invariance in the usual, special-relativistic meaning (however, Lorentz invariance is recovered in a generalized sense) to provide an effective geometrical description of the four fundamental interactions (electromagnetic, weak, strong and gravitational) Moreover, the four-dimensional energy-dependent space-time is just a manifestation... more...
A First Course in General Relativityby Bernard Schutz
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 60.00Second edition of a widely-used textbook providing the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with minimal mathematical background. more...
It's About Timeby N. David Mermin
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 45.00In It's About Time , N. David Mermin asserts that relativity ought to be an important part of everyone's education--after all, it is largely about time, a subject with which all are familiar. The book reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong, and that the real nature of time discovered by Einstein can be rigorously explained without advanced mathematics. This readable exposition of the nature of time as addressed in Einstein's theory of relativity is accessible to anyone who remembers a little high school algebra and elementary plane geometry. The book evolved as Mermin taught the subject to diverse groups of undergraduates at Cornell University, none of them science majors, over three and a half decades.... more...
Relativity In Our Timeby Mendel Sachs
CRC Press 1993; US$ 52.95A publication concerning the relevance of Einstein's theory of relativity to human relations in contemporary times. more...
Special Theory of Relativityby David Bohm; Basil Hiley
Routledge 1996; US$ 31.95Based on his famous final year undergraduate lectures on theoretical physics, Bohm presents the theory of relativity as a unified whole, making clear the reasons which led to its adoption, and explaining its basic meaning. more...
Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equationsby Hans Stephani; Dietrich Kramer; Malcolm MacCallum; Cornelius Hoenselaers; Eduard Herlt; P. V. Landshoff; D. R. Nelson; D. W. Sciama; S. Weinberg
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 84.00A completely revised and updated edition of this classic text, covering important new methods and many recently discovered solutions. This book gives a comprehensive review of all known solutions of Einstein's field equations. Indispensable for those working on exact solutions in relativity or using them in physical or mathematical problems. more...
General Relativityby Malcolm Ludvigsen
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 60.00A clear, concise and modern textbook introducing the theory of general relativity for final-year undergraduate maths or physics students. The emphasis is on the geometric structure of spacetime rather than the traditional coordinate-dependent approach. Exercises are provided (with solutions and hints) and key ideas are illustrated with worked examples. more...
Energy And Geometryby Fabio Cardone; Roberto Mignani
World Scientific 2004; US$ 70.20Special Relativity (SR) is essentially grounded on the properties of space-time, i.e. isotropy of space and homogeneity of space and time (as a consequence of the equivalence of inertial frames) and on the Galilei principle of relativity. more...
General Relativityby M. P. Hobson; G. P. Efstathiou; A. N. Lasenby
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 76.00Written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this is a clear mathematical introduction to Einstein's theory of general relativity and its physical applications. Concentrating on the theory's physical consequences, this approachable textbook contains over 300 exercises to illuminate and extend the discussion. more...
Special Relativityby Patricia M. Schwarz; John H. Schwarz
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 76.00A thorough and pedagogical introduction to special relativity suitable for anyone with a minimum of one year's university physics with calculus. It uses the most up to date formalism, and includes advanced topics such as higher dimensions, supersymmetry and string theory, making them accessible to the undergaduate physicist or engineer. more...