Space-Time Structure

by Erwin Schrödinger

Overview

Reprint of a classical book first published in 1950. This lucid and profound exposition of Einstein's 1915 theory of gravitation is essential reading.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521315203
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/17/1985
Series:	Cambridge Science Classics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.31(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. The Unconnected Manifold: 1. Invariance; 2. Integrals; Part II. Affinely Connected Manifold: 3. Invariant derivatives; 4. Some relations between ordinary and invariant derivatives; 5. The notion of parallel transfer; 6. The curvature tensor; 7. The geodesics of an affine connexion; 8. The general geometrical hypothesis about gravitation; Part III. Metrically Connected Manifold: 9. Metrical affinities; 10. The meaning of the metric according to the special theory of relativity; 11. Conservation laws and variational principles; 12. Generalizations of Einstein's theory.