Inertia and Gravitation: The Fundamental Nature and Structure of Space-Time (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783319150352)

Preface.- The Laws of Inertia and Gravitation in Newtonian Physics.- Free Particles and Light Rays as Basic Elements of General Relativity.- Einstein's Field Equations, Their Special Mathematical Structure, and Some of Their Remarkable Physical Predictions.- Mach's Principle, Dragging Phenomena, and Gravitomagnetism.- A Sketch of the Proof that the Inertial Path Structure Follows from a Local Desargues Property.- Slowly Rotating Mass Shells with Flat Interiors.- Name Index.- Subject Index.

Author: Herbert Pfister, Markus King
ISBN-10: 3319150359
ISBN-13: 9783319150352
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 03/20/2015
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.41d