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Practical Relativity: From First Principles to the Theory of Gravity

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The book is intended to serve as lecture material for courses on relativity at undergraduate level. Although there has been much written on special relativity the present book will emphasize the real applications of relativity. In addition, it will be physically designed with the use of box summaries so as to allow easy access of practical results. The book will be composed of eight chapters. Chapter 1 will give an introduction to special relativity that is the world without gravity. Implications will be presented with emphasis on time dilation and the Doppler shift as practical considerations. In Chapter 2, the four-vector representation of events will be introduced. The bulk of this chapter will deal with flat space dynamics. This will require the generalization of Newton's first and second laws. Some important astronomical applications will be discussed in Chapter 3 and in Chapter 4 some engineering applications of special relativity such as atomic clocks will be presented. Chapter 5 will be dedicated to the thorny question of gravity. The physical motivation of the theory must be examined and the geometrical interpretation presented. Chapter 6 will present astronomical applications of relativistic gravity. These include the usual solar system tests; light bending, time delay, gravitational red-shift, precession of Keplerian orbits. Chapter 7 will be dedicated to relativistic cosmology. Many of the standard cosmological concepts will be introduced, being mathematically simple but conceptually subtle. The concluding chapter will be largely dedicated to the global positioning system as an engineering problem that requires both inertial and gravitational relativity. The large interferometers designed as gravitational wave telescopes will be discussed here.

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Mechanical Engineering Principles
Mechanical Engineering Principles

Mechanical Engineering Principles offers a student-friendly introduction to core engineering topics

This book introduces mechanical principles and technology through examples and applications rather than theory. John Bird and Carl Ross do not assume any previous background in engineering studies, and as such this book can...

Cloud and Fog Computing in 5G Mobile Networks: Emerging Advances and Applications (Iet Telecommunications)
Cloud and Fog Computing in 5G Mobile Networks: Emerging Advances and Applications (Iet Telecommunications)

Now diffused among end-user devices in mobile and wireline networks, the "cloud" is becoming the "fog." This book focuses on the challenges and solutions related to cloud and fog computing for 5G mobile networks and presents novel approaches to the frameworks and schemes that carry out storage, communication, computation,...

Absolute OpenBSD: UNIX for the Practical Paranoid
Absolute OpenBSD: UNIX for the Practical Paranoid

The definitive guide to OpenBSD

Foreword by Henning Brauer, OpenBSD PF Developer

OpenBSD, the elegant, highly secure Unix-like operating system, is widely used as the basis for critical DNS servers, routers, firewalls, and more. This long-awaited second edition of Absolute OpenBSD...


Microsoft DirectAccess Best Practices and Troubleshooting
Microsoft DirectAccess Best Practices and Troubleshooting

Secure and efficient functioning of your DirectAccess environment

Overview

  • Learn how to make Manage Out work for your DirectAccess clients without compromising your network
  • Learn how to understand enormous logfiles along with common troubleshooting criteria
  • Explore some...
The Multiplicities of Internet Addiction
The Multiplicities of Internet Addiction
Overuse of the internet is often characterised as problematic, disruptive, or addictive, with stories frequently claiming that online use interferes with relationships, or that 'excessive' time in front of computer screens is unhealthy. People joke about suffering from withdrawal if they cannot check their emails and some parents worry about their...
PowerShell and WMI
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I am glad that Richard Siddaway decided to sit down and write a book on WMI. I have had the privilege of working with Richard over the last several years since becoming the Microsoft Scripting Guy, and I have long been impressed by his technical prowess. Whether Richard is speaking at a user group or conference or...
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