Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity

by Sean Carroll

Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity provides a lucid and thoroughly modern introduction to general relativity. With an accessible and lively writing style, it introduces modern techniques to what can often be a formal and intimidating subject. Readers are led from the physics of flat spacetime (special relativity), through the intricacies of differential geometry and Einstein's equations, and on to exciting applications such as black holes, gravitational radiation, and cosmology.

Genres: Physics, Science, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Mathematics, Stem, Reference

750 pages, Hardcover

First published September 28, 2003

About the author

Sean Carroll is a physicist and philosopher at Johns Hopkins University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1993. His research focuses on spacetime, quantum mechanics, complexity, and emergence. His book The Particle at the End of the Universe won the prestigious Winton Prize for Science Books in 2013. Carroll lives in Baltimore with his wife, writer Jennifer Ouellette.

Reviews

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Op sommige punten iets te technisch voor mij, maar voor de rest een uitstekende inleiding tot algemene relativiteit.