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An Introduction to Geometrical Physics

By R. Aldrovandi , J. G. Pereira

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific
Year
1995
ISBN
9810222327, 9789810222321
LCC
QC20.7.D52 A53 1995
Open Library ID
OL784153M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4934415 bytes)
Edition
book draft
Pages
691\691
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

This book stresses the unifying power of the geometrical framework in bringing together concepts from the different areas of physics. Common underpinnings of optics, elasticity, gravitation, relativistic fields, particle mechanics and others subjects are underlined. It attempts to extricate the notion of space currently in the physical literature from the metric connotation. The book's goal is to present mathematical ideas associated with geometrical physics in a rather introductory language. Included are many examples from elementary physics and also, for those wishing to reach a higher level of understanding, a more advanced treatment of the mathematical topics. It is aimed as an elementary text, more so than most others on the market, and is intended for first year graduate students.

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