Bernard Schutz: 3 books
by Bernard Schutz
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2009
Clarity, readability and rigor combine in the second edition of this widely-used textbook to provide the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with a minimal background in mathematics. Topics within relativity that fascinate astrophysical researchers and students alike are...
Gravity from the Ground Up
An Introductory Guide to Gravity and General Relativity
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2003
This book invites the reader to understand our Universe, not just marvel at it. From the clock-like motions of the planets to the catastrophic collapse of a star into a black hole, gravity controls the Universe. Gravity is central to modern physics, helping to answer the deepest questions about the...
by Bernard F. Schutz
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 1980
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 1980
In recent years the methods of modern differential geometry have become of considerable importance in theoretical physics and have found application in relativity and cosmology, high-energy physics and field theory, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and mechanics. This textbook provides an introduction...