01935cam a2200361 a 4500 15349784 BD-DhUL 20140915170139.0 080630s2008 si a b 001 0 eng 2008029186 9789812832511 (hardcover and : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn228372484 (OCoLC)228372484 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA BAKER YDXCP BWX CDX DLC BD-DhUL QA808.5 .M85 2008 530.12 22 MUC Müller-Kirsten, H. J. W. Classical mechanics and relativity / Harald J.W. Müller-Kirsten. Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2008. xii, 562 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. US$ 99.00 Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-552) and index. Introduction -- Recapitulation of Newtonian mechanics -- The Lagrange formalism -- The canonical or Hamilton formalism -- Symmetries and transformations -- Looking beyond classical mechanics -- Two-body central forces -- Rigid body dynamics -- Small oscillations and stability -- Motivation of the theory of relativity -- A simple look at phenomenological consequences -- Aspects of special relativity -- Equation of motion of a particle in a gravitational field -- Tensor calculus for Riemann spaces -- Einstein's equation of the gravitational field -- The Schwarzschild solution. Relativistic mechanics. Lagrange equations. Hamiltonian operator. Einstein field equations. Schwarzschild black holes. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0822/2008029186.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK jp43 2008-06-30 jp43 2008-06-30 to subj aa07 2008-07-01 xe03 2008-12-05 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. xh00 2008-12-09 to USPL/STM 10695 10695 0 0 ddc 0 530_120000000000000_MUC 0 NFIC 19036 DUSL DUSL GEN 2011-07-08 Purchased 530.12 MUC 460787 2014-09-15 2014-09-15 BK