The Geometry of Special Relativity

The Geometry of Special Relativity
Author Tevian Dray
Publisher CRC Press
Pages 151
Release 2012-07-02
Genre Mathematics
The text treats the geometry of hyperbolas as the key to understanding special relativity. This approach replaces the ubiquitous γ symbol of most standard treatments with the appropriate hyperbolic trigonometric functions.

The Geometry of Special Relativity

The Geometry of Special Relativity
Author Tevian Dray
Publisher CRC Press
Pages 150
Release 2012-07-02
Genre Mathematics
The text treats the geometry of hyperbolas as the key to understanding special relativity. This approach replaces the ubiquitous symbol of most standard treatments with the appropri

The Geometry of Spacetime

The Geometry of Spacetime
Author James J. Callahan
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 474
Release 2013-03-09
Genre Science
This book looks at the ideas of both Einstein and Minkowski, and then introduces the theory of frames, surfaces and intrinsic geometry, developing the main implications of Einstein's general relativity theory.

The Geometry of Special Relativity - a Concise Course

The Geometry of Special Relativity - a Concise Course
Author Norbert Dragon
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 148
Release 2012-08-01
Genre Science
The text proceeds to derive the important results of relativistic physics and to resolve its apparent paradoxes. A short introduction into the covariant formulation of electrodynamics is also given.

The Geometry of Special Relativity

The Geometry of Special Relativity
Author Tevian Dray
Publisher CRC Press
Pages 196
Release 2021-06-10
Genre Mathematics
This unique book presents a particularly beautiful way of looking at special relativity.

Differential Forms and the Geometry of General Relativity

Differential Forms and the Geometry of General Relativity
Author Tevian Dray
Publisher CRC Press
Pages 324
Release 2014-10-20
Genre Mathematics
The book contains two intertwined but distinct halves. Designed for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students in mathematics or physics, most of the text requires little more than familiarity with calculus and linear algebra.

Geometry: from Isometries to Special Relativity

Geometry: from Isometries to Special Relativity
Author Nam-Hoon Lee
Publisher Springer Nature
Pages 264
Release 2020-04-28
Genre Mathematics
Numerous exercises are also included with selected solutions provided. Geometry: from Isometries to Special Relativity offers a unique approach to non-Euclidean geometries, culminating in a mathematical model for special relativity.

The Geometry of Minkowski Spacetime

The Geometry of Minkowski Spacetime
Author Gregory L. Naber
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 276
Release 2003-01-01
Genre Mathematics
" Appropriate for graduate-level courses, this text presumes only a knowledge of linear algebra and elementary point-set topology. 1992 edition. 43 figures.

Relativity and Geometry

Relativity and Geometry
Author Roberto Torretti
Publisher Elsevier
Pages 408
Release 2014-05-20
Genre Science
The book contains seven chapters and a mathematical appendix. The first two chapters review a historical background of relativity. Chapter 3 centers on Einstein's first Relativity paper of 1905.

Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension

Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension
Author Rudolf Rucker
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 159
Release 2012-06-08
Genre Science
Exposition of fourth dimension, concepts of relativity as Flatland characters continue adventures. Topics include curved space time as a higher dimension, special relativity, and shape of space-time. Includes 141 illustrations.