Geometry of Minkowski Space-Time

by Francesco Catoni, Dino Boccaletti, Roberto Cannata, et al.

This 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.

The 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642179762
• ISBN13: 9783642179761
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"