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Untangling General Relativity: The Intuitive Self-Study Guide

by Simon Sherwood
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781394355853
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Wiley
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  • Pages: 336
  • Original Price: USD 62.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 885 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Physics / Astrophysics

An easy-to-read introduction to Einstein's theory of general relativity

In Untangling General Relativity, Simon Sherwood explains the details of general relativity with clarity, enthusiasm, and a sense of fun. Designed to be accessible to non-experts, the book combines intuitive explanations with the essential mathematics needed for a deep understanding of the subject. Sherwood introduces that maths gradually and clearly, in a step-by-step program designed to expand your appreciation and grasp of general relativity.

Untangling General Relativity serves as an effective springboard for more in-depth studies. It lays the groundwork for mastering the advanced topics covered in relativity textbooks and university physics courses.

Readers will find:

  • A thorough introduction to general relativity, including the interpretation of gravity as curved spacetime and a full derivation of Einstein's field equations
  • Comprehensive explanations of the spacetime metric, the equivalence principle, the geodesic equation, and the energy-momentum and curvature tensors
  • Vacuum curvature: the Schwarzschild and Kerr metrics, black holes, white holes, event horizons, and gravitational waves
  • Cosmology: the Friedmann equations, dark matter and energy, the Big Bang, inflation and an overview of current efforts to develop a quantum theory of gravity

Perfect for undergraduate students preparing to take a university-level physics course dealing with general relativity for the first time, Untangling General Relativity will also benefit students of the natural sciences and instructors and educators with a professional or academic interest in the subject.

Simon Sherwood is the author of Quantum Untangling (Wiley, 2023). Previously he was Chairman of Elegant Hotels PLC and the CEO of Orient-Express Hotels. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and is also a former strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group.

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