Alberto Vecchiato: 2 books
Variational Approach to Gravity Field Theories
From Newton to Einstein and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
This book offers a detailed and stimulating account of the Lagrangian, or variational, approach to general relativity and beyond. The approach more usually adopted when describing general relativity is to introduce the required concepts of differential geometry and derive the field and geodesic equations...
Understanding Gaia
A Mission to Map the Galaxy
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2019
This book is the first to provide a comprehensive, readily understandable report on the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission that will meet the needs of a general audience. It takes the reader on an exciting journey of discovery, explaining how such a scientific satellite is made, presenting the...