General Relativity Without Calculus A Concise Introduction to the Geometry of Relativity /

• Main Author: Natario, Jose (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
• Subjects: Physics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Gravitation.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Applications of Mathematics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

“General Relativity Without Calculus” offers a compact but mathematically correct introduction to the general theory of relativity, assuming only a basic knowledge of high school mathematics and physics. Targeted at first year undergraduates (and advanced high school students) who wish to learn Eins...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Lorentz transformations
• 2 Minkowski geometry
• 3 Non-Euclidean geometry
• 4 Gravity
• 5 General relativity
• 6 The Schwarzschild solution
• 7 Cosmology
• 8 Mathematics and physics.