Description
Book SynopsisThis fourth edition contains seven new sections with chapters on general relativity, gravitational waves and relativistic cosmology. The text has been thoroughly revised and additional problems have been inserted.
Trade Review"The clarity of style, the conciseness of treatment and the originality and variety of illustrative problems make this a book which can be highly recommended." --Proceedings of the Physical Society
Table of ContentsThe principle of relativity; Relativistic mechanics; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic waves; The propagation of light; The field of moving charges; Radiation of electromagnetic waves; Particle in a gravitational field; The gravitational field equation; The field of gravitational bodies; Gravitational waves; Relativistic cosmology; Index.
