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Beschreibung:

288 S. Originalbroschur.

Bemerkung:

Gebraucht, aber gut erhalten. - Aus dem Inhalt: The World Without Gravity -- Non-relativity for relativists -- Vectors and reference frames -- Invariance of physical law under change of inertial frame of reference -- The theory of light or electromagnetic waves -- Measurement theory and the Lorentz transformations -- Implications: Using and understanding the Lorentz transformations -- Kinematic applications -- Kinematic acceleration -- Geometrical optics -- The measure of space-time -- Metric space-time -- Four-vector dynamics -- Electromagnetic theory in space-time -- Lagrangian dynamics of an electromagnetic charge -- Electromagnetism for arbitrary inertial observers -- Relativity with the Gravitational Field -- Gravitational structure of space-time -- The weak gravitational field -- Constant or stationary gravitational field -- Strong gravitational field. - Practical Relativity is intended to serve as lecture material for courses on relativity at the undergraduate level. Although there has been much written on special relativity, this book emphasizes the real-world applications of relativity such as global positioning systems (GPS) rather than treatment of the theory as an intellectual curiosity. In addition, it contains problems and worked exercises and is designed with the use of box summaries to allow easy access of practical results. (Verlagstext). ISBN 9780470741412