An introduction to relativity by Narlikar, Jayant Vishnu, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…The special theory of relativity -- From special to the general theory of relativity -- Vectors and tensors -- Covariant differentiation -- Curvature of spacetime -- Spacetime symmetries -- Physics in curved spacetime -- Einstein's equations -- The Schwarzschild solutions -- Experimental tests of general relativity -- Gravitational radiation -- Relativistic astrophysics --Black holes -- The expanding universe -- Friedmann models -- The early universe -- Observational cosmology -- Beyond relativity.…”
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What is relativity? : an intuitive introduction to Einstein's ideas, and why they matter by Bennett, Jeffrey O.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction-foreword : Einstein's life -- Getting started -- Voyage to a black hole -- Einstein's special theory of relativity -- Racing light -- Redefining space and time -- A new common sense -- Einstein's general theory of relativity -- Newton's absurdity -- Redefining gravity -- Implications of relativity -- Black holes -- The expanding universe -- Epilogue : your indelible mark on the universe.…”
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Relativity : the special and the general theory by Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

Table of Contents: “…The Structure of Space according to the general theory of relativity.…”


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The Special Theory of Relativity Einstein’s World in New Axiomatics by Günther, Helmut, Müller, Volker

Table of Contents: “…Space, Time, and Motion -- The Principle of Relativity -- Elementary Structure of Classical Space-Time -- Elementary Structure of Relativistic Space-Time -- The Complete Theory on One Page -- Newtonian Mechanics -- Einstein’s Idea of Energy-Mass Equivalence -- Relativistic Phenomena and Paradoxes -- Mathematical Formalism of Special Relativity -- Representations of the Lorentz Group Weyl Equation and Dirac Equation -- Electrodynamics in Exterior Calculus -- A Lattice Modell of Relativistic Space-Time -- Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity -- Appendix.…”
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The Theoretical Practices of Physics : Philosophical Essays. by Hughes, R. I. G.

Table of Contents: “…Criticism, Logical Empiricism, and the General Theory of Relativity; 2. Theoretical Practice: The Bohm-Pines Quartet; 3. …”
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Vector : a surprising story of space, time, and mathematical transformation by Arianrhod, Robyn

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- The liberation of algebra -- The arrival of calculus -- Ideas for vectors -- Understanding space (and storage) -- A surprising new player and a very slow reception -- Tait and Maxwell : hatching the electromagnetic vector field -- The slow journey from quaternions to vectors -- Vector analysis at last -- and a "war" over quaternions -- From space to space-time : a new twist for vectors -- Curving spaces and invariant distances : on the way to tensors -- Inventing tensors -- and why they matter -- Everything comes together : tensors and the general theory of relativity -- What happened next -- Epilogue.…”


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An Introduction to Relativity. by Narlikar, Jayant V.

Table of Contents: “…Preface; 1 The special theory of relativity; 2 From the special to the general theory of relativity; 3 Vectors and tensors; 4 Covariant differentiation; 5 Curvature of spacetime; 6 Spacetime symmetries; 7 Physics in curved spacetime; 8 Einstein's equations; 9 The Schwarzschild solution; 10 Experimental tests of general relativity; 11 Gravitational radiation; 12 Relativistic astrophysics; 13 Black holes; 14 The expanding Universe; 15 Friedmann models; 16 The early Universe; 17 Observational cosmology; 18 Beyond relativity; References; Index.…”
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Everyday Einstein Einsteinian physics at work and at play

Table of Contents: “…Einstein: Revolution in Physics (4:26) -- Einstein: Photoelectric Effect (3:34) -- Einstein: Medical Imaging and Nuclear Power (3:36) -- Quantum Chemistry and Physics (4:20) -- Brownian Motion or Molecules (3:24) -- Einstein's Theories and Forensics (3:17) -- Mars Dust and Probability Studies (3:09) -- Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity (3:50) -- Einstein's General Theory of Relativity (4:14) -- Global Positioning System and Weather Prediction (3:13) -- Einstein's Legacy: Laser Light (3:06) -- Einstein's Image of the Universe (2:04)…”
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Science, SETI and mathematics by DeVito, Carl L.

Table of Contents: “….; Chaper 11 -- Languages; Chapter 12 -- Paradoxes; Chapter 13 -- The Universal Science; Chapter 14 -- The Special Theory of Relativity; Chapter 15 -- The General Theory of Relativity; Chapter 16 -- The University of Colorado Study; Chapter 17 -- Surprise!…”
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Worldviews : an introduction to the history and philosophy of science by DeWitt, Richard

Table of Contents: “…-- The development of the Newtonian worldview, 1700-1900 -- Part III: Recent developments in science and worldviews.The special theory of relativity -- The general theory of relativity -- Overview of the empirical facts, mathematics, and interpretations of quantum theory -- Quantum theory and locality: EPR, Bell's theorem, and the aspect experiments -- Overview of the theory of evolution -- Philosophical and conceptual implications of evolution -- Worldviews: Concluding thoughts.…”


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Introduction to the anisotropic geometrodynamics by Siparov, Sergey

Table of Contents: “…Space-time as a model of the physical world. 1.4. Generalized theory of relativity and gravitation. 1.5. GRT -- first approximation -- predictions and tests. 1.6. …”
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Meaning of relativity. by Einstein, Albert

Table of Contents: “…Riemann 65 -- Vectors, co-variant 66 -- Vectors, contra-variant 66 -- Fundamental tensor 67 -- Tensors 67 -- Contravariant tensors 68 -- Co-variant tensors 68 -- Differentiation of tensors 69 -- Tensors, formation by differentiation 69 -- Levi-Civita 70 -- Weyl 70 -- Riemann tensor 75 -- Geodesic lines 78 -- Straightest lines 78 -- GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY (continued) -- Poisson's equation 82 -- Equations of gravitational field 88 -- Gravitation constant 89 -- Displacement of spectral lines 92 -- Light ray, path of 92 -- Spectral lines, displacement of 92.…”
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The poetry of physics and the physics of poetry by Logan, Robert K., 1939-

Table of Contents: “…The special theory of relativity -- ch. 15. The general theory of relativity -- ch. 16. Kuhn's structure of scientific revolutions and the impact of the theory of relativity -- ch. 17. …”
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Narrated communities - narrated realities. Narration as cognitive processing and cultural practice.

Table of Contents: “…On Peter Sloterdijk's narrative-evocative philosophizing / Bernd Bösel -- Narrative persuasion and narrative irritation in psychotherapy: biographical narratives, deferred dramaturgy and narrative affirmation / Brigitte Boothe -- Narrating the uncanny -- uncanny narration: Freud's essay and theories of fiction / Christoph Leitgeb -- Literature and (ethno- )nationalist narratives int eh (post- )Yugoslav region / Elena Messner -- Doris Lessing's "Alfred and Emily" and the ethics of narrated memory / Dorothee Birke -- Closed timelike curves: Gödel's solution for Einstein's field equations in the general theory of relativity and Bach's "The musical offering" as configuration models for narrative identity constructions in Richard Powers's "The time of our singing" / Aura Heydenreich -- Translatio/ns of identity-building narratives: the character of "El Cid" in Spanish and Latin American texts from the 12th to the 20th century / Michael Rössner -- The politics of images: considerations on French nineteenth-century orientalist art (ca. 1800-ca. 1880) as a paradigm of narration and translation / Antonio Baldassarre.…”
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Superstrings and other things : a guide to physics by Calle, Carlos I.

Table of Contents: “…part PART 1: INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS -- chapter 1 PHYS ICS : THE FUNDAMENTAL SC I ENCE -- part PART 2: THE LAWS OF MECHANICS -- chapter 2 THE DESCR IPT ION OF MOT ION -- chapter 3 THE LAWS OF MECHAN ICS : NEWTON ’ S LAWS OF MOT ION -- chapter 4 ENERGY -- chapter 5 CONSERVAT ION OF ENERGY AND MOMENTUM -- chapter 6 ROTAT ION AND THE UN IVER SAL LAW OF GRAV I TAT ION -- part PART 3: THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER -- chapter 7 ATOMS : BU I LD ING BLOCKS OF THE UN IVER SE -- chapter 8 THE HEART OF THE ATOM : THE NUCLEUS -- chapter 9 F LU ID S -- part PART 4: THERMODYNAMICS -- chapter 10 HEAT AND TEMPERATURE -- chapter 11 THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS -- part PART 5: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM -- chapter 12 E LECTR IC I TY -- chapter 13 APPL I ED ELECTR IC I TY -- chapter 14 E LECTROMAGNET I SM -- part PART 6: WAVES -- chapter 15 WAVE MOT ION -- chapter 16 SOUND -- chapter 17 OPT IC S -- chapter 18 THE NATURE OF L IGHT -- part PART 7: MODERN PHYSICS -- chapter 19 THE SPEC IAL THEORY OF RELAT IV I TY -- chapter 20 THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELAT IV I TY -- chapter 21 THE EARLY ATOM IC THEORY -- chapter 22 QUANTUM MECHAN IC S -- chapter 23 NUCLEAR PHYS IC S -- chapter 24 E LEMENTARY PART ICLE S -- chapter 25 SUPER FORCE : E IN STE IN ’ S DREAM.…”
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Energy and mass in relativity theory by Okunʹ, L. B. (Lev Borisovich)

Table of Contents: “…Critical velocities c/[symbol]3 and c/[symbol]2 in general theory of relativity -- 21. Fundamental units : physics and metrology -- 22. …”
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Welcome to the universe : an astrophysical tour by Tyson, Neil deGrasse, Strauss, Michael Abram, Gott, J. Richard

Table of Contents: “…Einstein's general theory of relativity / J. Richard Gott ; 20. Black holes / J. …”


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From atoms to galaxies : a conceptual physics approach to scientific awareness by Hassani, Sadri

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 27: Spacetime GeometryChapter 28: E = mc2; Chapter 29: General Theory of Relativity; Chapter 30: Epilogue: No Marketplace -- Part VII: Twentieth Century Physics:Microcosmology; Chapter 31: On the Experimental Front; Chapter 32: On the Theoretical Front; Chapter 33: Classifying Particles and Forces; Chapter 34: The Standard Model; Chapter 35: New Age Physics -- Chapter 36: Epilogue: The Eye of Physics; Part VIII: Twentieth Century Physics:Macrocosmology; Chapter 37: Physics of the Cosmos; Chapter 38: Early Universe; Chapter 39:The Last Epoch.…”
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Hutchinson Trends In Science : Physics. by Helicon

Table of Contents: “…""Born Maria Sklodowska""""Davisson, Clinton Joseph (1881-1958)""; ""Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice (1902-1984)""; ""Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)""; ""Brownian motion""; ""the photoelectric effect and the Nobel Prize""; ""the speed of light and the special theory of relativity""; ""gravity and the general theory of relativity""; ""Fermi, Enrico (1901-1954)""; ""neutron bombardment and the Nobel Prize""; ""nuclear reactors and the atomic bomb""; ""beta decay and the neutrino""; ""Feynman, Richard P(hillips) (1918-1988)""; ""Frisch, Otto Robert (1904-1979)""…”
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Emerging topics on differential geometry and graph theory

Table of Contents: “…Categorical Monadic Reformulation of Connections""; ""4. General Theory of Relativity from the ClassicalExtension/Restriction Monad-Comonad Pair""…”
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