Topics in the Foundations of General Relativity and Newtonian Gravitation Theory (Chicago Lectures in Physics)
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226502457 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A very insightful, elegant, and unique book on GR Venkatesh Given that there already exist a plethora of brilliantly written GR books, one would naturally be inclined to ask what this book has to offer that others already do not. In fact the greatest strength of this book lies in how wonderfully different it is from the typical GR text.The typical GR book generally consists of basic differential geometry, heuristic motivation for Einstein's equations and a discussion of the equivalence princi. Ma Refugio Luna Sandoval said Fondations of space time theories. Since "Foundations of space time theories" de Michael Friedmann I had not seen a deep and tecnically sophisticated book on the philosophy of space time. For many it could seems that Malament book is a standard textbook on relativity theory, with the widespread introduction to tensor calculus or modern coordinate free differential geometry. It is, of course, but it is mucho more and, overall, a discussion of philosophical points. A ni
“Recommended.”
One of the highlights of the book is a no-go theorem that can be understood to show that there is no criterion of orbital rotation in general relativity that fully answers to our classical intuitions. These special topics include the geometrized formulation of Newtonian theory (also known as Newton-Cartan theory), the concept of rotation in general relativity, and Gödel spacetime. Topics is intended for both students and researchers in mathematical physics and philosophy of science.. Malament presents the basic logical-mathematical structure of general