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Unlock relativity: From spacetime to tensors, energy, and Einstein’s door.
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Special Relativity, Tensors, And Energy Tensor: With Worked Problems
With Worked Problems
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350 pages
- Release Date
19 March 2021
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Summary
This book takes the reader from the preliminary ideas of the Special Theory of Relativity (STR) to the doorsteps of the General Theory of Relativity (GTR).
The first part explains the main concepts in a layman’s language, including STR, the Lorentz transformation, and relativistic mechanics. Thereafter, the concept of tensors is built up in detail, especially Maxwell’s stress tensor with illustrative examples, culminating in the energy-momentum conservation in electromagnetic fields.<…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789811228117 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 9811228116 |
| Author: | Somnath Datta |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd |
| Imprint: | World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 350 |
| Release Date: | 19 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 696g |
| Dimensions: | 158mm x 237mm |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
158 × 237 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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