"Version: 20180301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Concepts in special relativity -- 1.1. Galilean relativity -- 1.2. Inertial frames -- 1.3. Special relativity -- 1.4. Velocity addition, length contraction, and time dilation -- 1.5. Questions2. Tensors in relativity -- 2.1. Motivation -…
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Least action -- 1.1. Optics -- 1.2. Newtonian dynamics -- 1.3. Conservation lawsA. Calculus of variation -- B. Mathematics of conservation laws2. Special relativity -- 2.1. The postulates -- 2.2. Lorentz transformations -- 2.3. An analog…
"Version: 20250601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. General relativity essentials -- 1.1. Equivalence principle -- 1.2. Relativistic mechanics -- 1.3. Differential geometry primer -- 1.4. Curvature tensor -- 1.5. The stress-energy-momentum tensor -- 1.6. Einstein's equation -- 1.7. Killing vectors and maximally symmetric spaces -- 1.8. The Hilbert-Einstein action -- 1.9…
"Version: 20190102"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Why relativity? -- 1.1. The Galilei invariance of Newtonian mechanics -- 1.2. The need for special relativity -- 1.3. The need for general relativity2. A first look at notions from geometry -- 2.1. Vectors and tensors -- 2.2. Curvilinear…
"Version: 20190501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The four forces and the geometric Universe -- 1.2. QFT + GR -- 1.3. Cosmological evolution -- 1.4. Black holes and holographic scaling2. ADM mass and holographic scaling in general physics -- 2.1. Vector notation and…
"Version: 20141201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Preface -- Author biography -- Acknowledgements -- Newtonian mechanics -- Special relativity -- General relativity -- Wacky questions : sci-fi, super heroes, computer games, fantastic weapons, etc. -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- A. Energy -- B. Approximations in Kepler's laws -…
"Version: 20230801"--Title page verso.Revised edition of: General relativity.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1 Prologue -- 1.2. Einstein's insight -- 1.3. Structures seen today -- 1.4. Hubble's law -- 1.5. Olbers' paradox -- 1.6. The big bang and the cosmic microwave background -- 1.7. Inflation -- 1.8. Dark matter -- 1.9. Structure formation -- 1.10. Dark energy -- 1.1…
"Version: 20170701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. General relativity essentials -- 1.1. The equivalence principle -- 1.2. Relativistic mechanics -- 1.3. Differential geometry primer -- 1.4. Curvature tensor -- 1.5. The stress-energy-momentum tensor -- 1.6. Einstein's equation -- 1.7. Killing vectors and maximally symmetric spaces -- 1.8. The Hilbert-Einstei…