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Relativity Science & Technology
Hardcover. 132 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Discusses general relativistic effects for readers who have knowledge of classical mechanics and electrodynamics, including special relativity. This work also covers gravitational lensing, signal retardation in the gravitational field of the Sun, the Reissner-Nordstrom solution, and the entropy and temperature of black holes. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: PHR. Dimension: 244 x 161 x 13. Weight: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387256436
- ISBN
- 9780387256436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This is a comprehensive textbook for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in physics or astrophysics, developing both the formalism and the physical ideas of special and general relativity in a logical and coherent way. Num Pages: 452 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387952109
- ISBN
- 9780387952109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.43
€ 69.43
Hardback. Intended for physicists involved in plasma physics, condensed matter, and statistical mechanics; electrical engineers working with laser and solid state devices; and researchers in industry and academia. Series: Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics. Num Pages: 592 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHQ; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1125.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 3rd ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387955513
- ISBN
- 9780387955513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.23
€ 143.23
Hardback. A collection of nearly forty essays in honor of the noted physicist and cosmologist Engelbert Schucking that spans the gamut of research in Einsteins theory of general relativity and presents a personal account of work in the field. It includes important chapters by noted theorists such as A Ashtekar, PG Bergmann, J Ehlers, ET Newman, and more. Editor(s): Harvey, Alex. Num Pages: 517 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHQ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 517
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387985640
- ISBN
- 9780387985640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.34
€ 212.34
Hardback. Explores the idea of time travel from the first account in English literature to the latest theories of physicists such as Kip Thorne and Igor Novikov. This work covers a variety of topics including: the history of time travel in fiction; the fundamental scientific concepts of time, spacetime, and the fourth dimension; and, more. Num Pages: 628 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; PGZ; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 147 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 1999. Corr. 2nd printing 2001
- Number of pages
- 628
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387985718
- ISBN
- 9780387985718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.69
€ 98.69
Hardcover. Hermann Minkowski recast special relativity essentially as a new geometric structure for spacetime. This book introduces the theory of frames, surfaces and intrinsic geometry, developing the main implications of Einstein's general relativity theory. Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Num Pages: 463 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHQ; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 186 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1008.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2000. Corr. 2nd printing 2001
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387986418
- ISBN
- 9780387986418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.87
€ 103.87
Hardback. Neutron stars are the smallest densest stars known, with densities some trillions of times that of the Earth. They rotate with periods of fractions of a second, and their magnetic fields drive intense interstellar dynamos, lighting up entire nebulae. This text discusses the physics of these extreme objects. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 486 pages, 24 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; PHN; PHP; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387989778
- ISBN
- 9780387989778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.55
€ 170.55
Paperback. Originally published in 1922, this volume is based on four lectures delivered at Princeton University. It gives further explanation of the famous theory and its developments. Editor(s): Einstein, Albert. Series: Science Paperbacks. Num Pages: 161 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 197.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Edition
- New impression
- Number of pages
- 161
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412205606
- ISBN
- 9780412205606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.26
€ 65.26
Paperback. Relativity Physics covers all the material required for a first course in relativity. Beginning with an examination of the paradoxes that arose in applying the principle of relativity to electromagnetism and classical mechanics, the author shows how Einstein resolved these problems. Series: Student Physics. Num Pages: 158 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 130 x 202 x 9. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780710200013
- ISBN
- 9780710200013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.14
€ 65.14
Hardback. Introduces the application of two-component spinor calculus and fibre-bundle theory to complex general relativity. This volume presents a review of basic and important topics, such as two-component spinor calculus, conformal gravity, twistor spaces for Minkowski space-time and for curved space-time, and Penrose transform for gravitation. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792333401
- ISBN
- 9780792333401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.09
€ 132.09
IUTAM Symposium on Waves in Liquid/Gas and Liquid/Vapour Two-Phase Sys...
. Ed(S): Morioka, Shigeki; Wijngaarden, L. Va...
hardcover. Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Kyoto, Japan, 9--13 May 1994 Editor(s): Morioka, Shigeki; Wijngaarden, L. van. Series: Fluid Mechanics and its Applications. Num Pages: 454 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHR; TGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 829.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792334248
- ISBN
- 9780792334248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.52
€ 258.52
Reflections on Spacetime: Foundations, Philosophy, History
. Ed(S): Majer, Ulrich; Schmidt, Heinz-Jurgen
hardcover. Focusing on unsolved questions, such as the possibility of time machines, referential indeterminacy, the hole problem, and the conventional vs empirical character of spacetime, this book presents a collection of research papers, written by those who had participated in the Zentrum fur interdisziplinare Forschung during the academic year 1992/93. Editor(s): Majer, Ulrich; Schmidt, Heinz-Jurgen. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- Reprinted from ERKENNTNIS 42:2, 1995
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792337126
- ISBN
- 9780792337126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.18
€ 70.18
Hardback. The subjects of general relativity and cosmology have grown significantly in different directions during the 1990s. This volume highlights and reviews current developments in these fields. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PG; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 715.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792344780
- ISBN
- 9780792344780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.71
€ 68.71
Paperback. Covers various aspects of black hole physics and its astrophysical applications. This volume includes topics such as spacetime of stationary black holes, general theory of black holes, black hole perturbations, black hole numerics, black hole electrodynamics, black holes in unified theories of gravity, and quantum black holes. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 791 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351467
- ISBN
- 9780792351467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 375.15
€ 375.15
hardcover. Assesses research on black holes and gravitational radiation and their implications in understanding the universe. This title is intended for research physicists and to mathematicians whose work involves relativity and gravitation, theoretical astrophysics, mathematical physics, active galactic nuclei, cosmology and data analysis. Editor(s): Iyer, B.R.; Bhawal, Biplab. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 582 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 995.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 582
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792353089
- ISBN
- 9780792353089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 260.99
€ 260.99
Hardback. Examines in detail the classical theory of relativistic many-body dynamics using a world time for self-consistency, completeness, and possible critical experiment. This work considers the covariant Kepler problem in particular. It is also recommended as a text for an advanced-level graduate physics course in classical mechanics. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 386 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357377
- ISBN
- 9780792357377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.68
€ 201.68
Hardback. Papers from the Discussion Conference on Recent Advances in General Relativity, held at the U. of Pittsburgh, May 1990, survey the interacting fields of classical general relativity, astrophysics, and quantum gravity. Some of the remarks made following the invited papers are also included. The conference also included three workshops on classical g Editor(s): Janis, Allen I.; Porter, John R. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817635411
- ISBN
- 9780817635411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.20
€ 133.20
Hardcover. This book tracks the history of the theory of relativity through Einstein's life, covering the origins of his ideas and his debt to the work of Galileo, Newton, Faraday, Mach and others; the birth of modern cosmology and his quest for a unified field theory. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461447818
- ISBN
- 9781461447818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Hardcover. Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 423 pages, 68 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, 11 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: JNU; PDA; PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493913596
- ISBN
- 9781493913596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.83
€ 118.83
Hardcover. Note from the prefaces in the first and second volumes: "This four-volume book grew from a four-semester general physics curriculum which I developed and taught for the past decade to undergraduate students at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee." Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 406 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493913657
- ISBN
- 9781493913657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.65
€ 118.65