Geometric Mechanics Toward a Unification of Classical Physics
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Wiley-VCH
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
25.05.2007
Abbildungen
schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
Verlag
Wiley-VCHSeitenzahl
605
Maße (L/B/H)
24.9/17.7/3.7 cm
Gewicht
1274 g
Auflage
2. Auflage
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-527-40683-8
For physicists, mechanics is quite obviously geometric, yet the classical approach typically emphasizes abstract, mathematical formalism. Setting out to make mechanics both accessible and interesting for non-mathematicians, Richard Talman uses geometric methods to reveal qualitative aspects of the theory. He introduces concepts from differential geometry, differential forms, and tensor analysis, then applies them to areas of classical mechanics as well as other areas of physics, including optics, crystal diffraction, electromagnetism, relativity, and quantum mechanics. For easy reference, the author treats Lagrangian, Hamiltonian, and Newtonian mechanics separately -- exploring their geometric structure through vector fields, symplectic geometry, and gauge invariance respectively. Practical perturbative methods of approximation are also developed. This second, fully revised edition has been expanded to include new chapters on electromagnetic theory, general relativity, and string theory. 'Geometric Mechanics' features illustrative examples and assumes only basic knowledge of Lagrangian mechanics.
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