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Author | : John B. Kogut |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2012-12-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0080924085 |
Introduction to Relativity is intended to teach physics and astronomy majors at the freshman, sophomore or upper-division levels how to think about special and general relativity in a fundamental, but accessible, way. Designed to render any reader a "master of relativity", everything on the subject is comprehensible and derivable from first principles. The book emphasizes problem solving, contains abundant problem sets, and is conveniently organized to meet the needs of both student and instructor. - Simplicity: the book teaches space and time in relativity in a physical fashion with minimal mathematics - Conciseness: the book teaches relativity by emphasizing the basic simplicity of the principles at work - Visualization: space-time diagrams (Minkowski) illustrate phenomena from simultaneity to the resolution of the twin paradox in a concrete fashion - Worked problems: two chapters of challenging problems solved in several ways illustrate and teach the principles - Problem sets: each chapter is accompanied by a full set of problems for the student that teach the principles and some new phenonmena
Author | : Peter Rastall |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789810207786 |
This is a book that fills the gap between Newtonian gravitation and sophisticated, relativistic theories. It will enable the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate student to learn the postnewtonian theory that is necessary to account for precise, modern observations. No knowledge of differential geometry is assumed ? the required, geometrical ideas are dealt with, as they arise, in their physical context. The book will be useful as an introduction to relativistic theories. Professional physicists and astronomers will be interested in the way the postnewtonian theory is derived as an almost trivial generalization of the Newtonian.
Author | : Kip S Thorne |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780393312768 |
In this masterfully written and brilliantly informed work, Dr. Rhorne, the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, leads readers through an elegant, always human, tapestry of interlocking themes, answering the great question: what principles control our universe and why do physicists think they know what they know? Features an introduction by Stephen Hawking.
Author | : Eric D. Feigelson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 495 |
Release | : 2012-07-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 052176727X |
Modern Statistical Methods for Astronomy: With R Applications.
Author | : Dennis Overbye |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2021-12-21 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0316434795 |
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award: the "intensely exciting" story of a group of brilliant scientists who set out to answer the deepest questions about the origin of the universe and changed the course of physics and astronomy forever (Newsday). In southern California, nearly a half century ago, a small band of researchers — equipped with a new 200-inch telescope and a faith born of scientific optimism — embarked on the greatest intellectual adventure in the history of humankind: the search for the origin and fate of the universe. Their quest would eventually engulf all of physics and astronomy, leading not only to the discovery of quasars, black holes, and shadow matter but also to fame, controversy, and Nobel Prizes. Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos tells the story of the men and women who have taken eternity on their shoulders and stormed nature in search of answers to the deepest questions we know to ask. "Written with such wit and verve that it is hard not to zip through in one sitting." —Washington Post
Author | : Guillermo M. Muñoz Caro |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2018-10-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 331990020X |
This book focuses on the most recent, relevant, comprehensive and significant aspects in the well-established multidisciplinary field Laboratory Astrophysics. It focuses on astrophysical environments, which include asteroids, comets, the interstellar medium, and circumstellar and circumplanetary regions. Its scope lies between physics and chemistry, since it explores physical properties of the gas, ice, and dust present in those systems, as well as chemical reactions occurring in the gas phase, the bare dust surface, or in the ice bulk and its surface. Each chapter provides the necessary mathematical background to understand the subject, followed by a case study of the corresponding system. The book provides adequate material to help interpret the observations, or the computer models of astrophysical environments. It introduces and describes the use of spectroscopic tools for laboratory astrophysics. This book is mainly addressed to PhD graduates working in this field or observers and modelers searching for information on ice and dust processes.
Author | : Sean M. Carroll |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 529 |
Release | : 2019-08-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1108488390 |
An accessible introductory textbook on general relativity, covering the theory's foundations, mathematical formalism and major applications.
Author | : David Bradstreet |
Publisher | : HarperChristian + ORM |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2016-09-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0310344190 |
The heavens are beckoning us, telling us that this wonderful, mind-boggling cosmic display is indeed the work of the creator. And now, using rovers and satellites, we're venturing further out into the vastness of space than ever before. In Star Struck, Christian astronomer David Bradstreet and writer Steve Rabey take readers on a guided tour of the biggest story ever, offering both intriguing science lessons and powerful spiritual insights: As we discover more about cosmos, we understand more about the character of our Creator; The more we see the vastness and complexity of the universe, the more we experience awe, wonder, praise, gratitude and humility; Hundreds of Christian astronomers blaze the way into deep exploration of the universe today, discovering and proving God’s work in the heavens. Combining a respect and admiration for mainstream astronomy with a zeal for uncovering new details about God’s celestial handiwork at its core, this book about stars, planets, asteroids, nebulae, comets, dark matter, and the other fingerprints of God will tell you that all of the worlds around you are God’s and this world is his home for you.
Author | : Lyman Page |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2020-04-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0691201692 |
The cutting-edge science that is taking the measure of the universe The Little Book of Cosmology provides a breathtaking look at our universe on the grandest scales imaginable. Written by one of the world's leading experimental cosmologists, this short but deeply insightful book describes what scientists are revealing through precise measurements of the faint thermal afterglow of the Big Bang—known as the cosmic microwave background, or CMB—and how their findings are transforming our view of the cosmos. Blending the latest findings in cosmology with essential concepts from physics, Lyman Page first helps readers to grasp the sheer enormity of the universe, explaining how to understand the history of its formation and evolution in space and time. Then he sheds light on how spatial variations in the CMB formed, how they reveal the age, size, and geometry of the universe, and how they offer a blueprint for the formation of cosmic structure. Not only does Page explain current observations and measurements, he describes how they can be woven together into a unified picture to form the Standard Model of Cosmology. Yet much remains unknown, and this incisive book also describes the search for ever deeper knowledge at the field's frontiers—from quests to understand the nature of neutrinos and dark energy to investigations into the physics of the very early universe.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 1991-02-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309043832 |
This volume contains working papers on astronomy and astrophysics prepared by 15 non-National Research Council panels in areas ranging from radio astronomy to the status of the profession.