{"product_id":"geometry-of-minkowski-space-time-9783642179761","title":"Geometry of Minkowski Space-Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Francesco Catoni\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Applied\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides an original introduction to the geometry of Minkowski space-time. A hundred years after the space-time formulation of special relativity by Hermann Minkowski, it is shown that the kinematical consequences of special relativity are merely a manifestation of space-time geometry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is written with the intention of providing students (and teachers) of the first years of University courses with a tool which is easy to be applied and allows the solution of any problem of relativistic kinematics at the same time. The book treats in a rigorous way, but using a non-sophisticated mathematics, the Kinematics of Special Relativity. As an example, the famous \"Twin Paradox\" is completely solved for all kinds of motions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novelty of the presentation in this book consists in the extensive use of hyperbolic numbers, the simplest extension of complex numbers, for a complete formalization of the kinematics in the Minkowski space-time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoreover, from this formalization the understanding of gravity comes as a manifestation of curvature of space-time, suggesting new research fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45029936234647,"sku":"9783642179761","price":4040.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783642179761.webp?v=1767261994","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/geometry-of-minkowski-space-time-9783642179761","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}