Ferraro R. Einstein's Space-Time: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity

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Springer Science + Business Media, 2007, 310 pages

This is a textbook addressed to students in Physics and other people interested in Relativity and History of Physics. The book contains a complete account of Special Relativity that begins with the historical analysis of the reasons that led to a change in our manner of regarding the space and time. The first chapters are aimed to afford a deep understanding of the relativistic spacetime and its consequences for Dynamics. The chapter about covariant formulation includes the concepts of volume and hypersurfaces in manifolds, energy-momentum tensor of a fluid, etc., and prepares the language for General Relativity. The last two chapters are devoted to introduce General Relativity and Cosmology in a mode approach connected with the latest discoveries in these areas.

Space and Time Before Einstein
In Search of the Ether
Space and Time in Special Relativity
Geometric Structure of Space-Time
Transformation of the Electromagnetic Field
Energy and Momentum
Covariant Formulation
Inertia and Gravity
Results of General Relativity

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