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Author: Maki Murakami
Publisher: Follettbound
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781413165081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJust when Shuichi's rock star dreams are becoming a reality, it all starts to fall apart. His gifted guitarist quits the band, the new manager wants to move him off the keyboards, and the producer is constantly berating him. The one person he can fall back on in this time of crisis is also his greatest critic--Yuki.
Author: Maki Murakami
Publisher: TokyoPop
Published: 2003-08-05
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781591823339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDetermined to become a rock star, Shuichi Shindou is discouraged by some harsh criticism he receives, and must find the strength to overcome his fears and keep trying.
Author: Charles W. Misner
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2017-10-24
Total Pages: 1332
ISBN-13: 0691177791
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpacetime physics -- Physics in flat spacetime -- The mathematics of curved spacetime -- Einstein's geometric theory of gravity -- Relativistic stars -- The universe -- Gravitational collapse and black holes -- Gravitational waves -- Experimental tests of general relativity -- Frontiers
Author: T. Padmanabhan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-01-28
Total Pages: 729
ISBN-13: 1139485393
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovering all aspects of gravitation in a contemporary style, this advanced textbook is ideal for graduate students and researchers in all areas of theoretical physics. The 'Foundation' section develops the formalism in six chapters, and uses it in the next four chapters to discuss four key applications - spherical spacetimes, black holes, gravitational waves and cosmology. The six chapters in the 'Frontier' section describe cosmological perturbation theory, quantum fields in curved spacetime, and the Hamiltonian structure of general relativity, among several other advanced topics, some of which are covered in-depth for the first time in a textbook. The modular structure of the book allows different sections to be combined to suit a variety of courses. Over 200 exercises are included to test and develop the reader's understanding. There are also over 30 projects, which help readers make the transition from the book to their own original research.
Author: John Earman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 1993-12-01
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780817636241
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDevoted to the history of general relativity, this text provides reviews from scholars all over the world. Many of the papers originated at the Third International Conference on the History of General Relativity, held at the University of Pittsburgh in the summer of 1991. Topics covered include: disputes with Einstein; the empirical basis of general relativity; variational principles in general relativity; the reception and development of general relativity; and cosmology and general relativity.
Author: Kurtus Ron
Publisher: Ron Kurtus
Published: 2011-07
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 0976798166
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGravity and Gravitation is a physics book that is written in a form that is easy to understand for high school and beginning college students, as well as science buffs. It is based on the lessons from the School for Champions educational website.The book explains the principles of gravity and gravitation, shows derivations of important gravity equations, and provides applications of those equations. It also compares the different theories of gravitation, from those of Newton to Einstein to present-day concepts.
Author: Maki Murakami
Publisher: TokyoPop
Published: 2007-02-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781427802408
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA sequel to the shonen-ai manga series featuring members of the Bad Luck band. Author Eiri Yuki and his lover, vocalist Shuichi Shindou, travel to New York to visit the grave of Yuki's first love, but once there, they make a startling discovery.
Author: Maurizio Gasperini
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-11-25
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 3319496824
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the second edition of a well-received book that is a modern, self-contained introduction to the theory of gravitational interactions. The new edition includes more details on gravitational waves of cosmological origin, the so-called brane world scenario, and gravitational time-delay effects.The first part of the book follows the traditional presentation of general relativity as a geometric theory of the macroscopic gravitational field, while the second, more advanced part discusses the deep analogies (and differences) between a geometric theory of gravity and the gauge theories of the other fundamental interactions. This fills a gap within the traditional approach to general relativity which usually leaves students puzzled about the role of gravity. The required notions of differential geometry are reduced to the minimum, allowing room for aspects of gravitational physics of current phenomenological and theoretical interest, such as the properties of gravitational waves, the gravitational interactions of spinors, and the supersymmetric and higher-dimensional generalization of the Einstein equations. This textbook is primarily intended for students pursuing a theoretical or astroparticle curriculum but is also relevant for PhD students and young researchers.
Author: Herbert Pfister
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-02-24
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 3319150367
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on the phenomena of inertia and gravitation, one objective being to shed some new light on the basic laws of gravitational interaction and the fundamental nature and structures of spacetime. Chapter 1 is devoted to an extensive, partly new analysis of the law of inertia. The underlying mathematical and geometrical structure of Newtonian spacetime is presented from a four-dimensional point of view, and some historical difficulties and controversies - in particular the concepts of free particles and straight lines - are critically analyzed, while connections to projective geometry are also explored. The relativistic extensions of the law of gravitation and its intriguing consequences are studied in Chapter 2. This is achieved, following the works of Weyl, Ehlers, Pirani and Schild, by adopting a point of view of the combined conformal and projective structure of spacetime. Specifically, Mach’s fundamental critique of Newton’s concepts of ‘absolute space’ and ‘absolute time’ was a decisive motivation for Einstein’s development of general relativity, and his equivalence principle provided a new perspective on inertia. In Chapter 3 the very special mathematical structure of Einstein’s field equations is analyzed, and some of their remarkable physical predictions are presented. By analyzing different types of dragging phenomena, Chapter 4 reviews to what extent the equivalence principle is realized in general relativity - a question intimately connected to the ‘new force’ of gravitomagnetism, which was theoretically predicted by Einstein and Thirring but which was only recently experimentally confirmed and is thus of current interest.
Author: Herbert W. Hamber
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-10-20
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 354085293X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Quantum Gravitation" approaches the subject from the point of view of Feynman path integrals, which provide a manifestly covariant approach in which fundamental quantum aspects of the theory such as radiative corrections and the renormalization group can be systematically and consistently addressed. It is shown that the path integral method is suitable for both perturbative as well as non-perturbative studies, and is already known to offer a framework for the theoretical investigation of non-Abelian gauge theories, the basis for three of the four known fundamental forces in nature. The book thus provides a coherent outline of the present status of the theory gravity based on Feynman’s formulation, with an emphasis on quantitative results. Topics are organized in such a way that the correspondence to similar methods and results in modern gauge theories becomes apparent. Covariant perturbation theory are developed using the full machinery of Feynman rules, gauge fixing, background methods and ghosts. The renormalization group for gravity and the existence of non-trivial ultraviolet fixed points are investigated, stressing a close correspondence with well understood statistical field theory models. The final chapter addresses contemporary issues in quantum cosmology such as scale dependent gravitational constants and quantum effects in the early universe.
