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Relativity, thermodynamics and cosmology
- Title
- Relativity, thermodynamics and cosmology, by Richard C. Tolman ...
- Author
- Tolman, Richard C. (Richard Chace), 1881-1948.
- Publication
- Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1934.
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Details
- Description
- xv, 501, [1] pages, 1 leaf diagrams; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- International series of monographs on physics.
- Uniform Title
- International series of monographs on physics.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The special theory of relativity -- The two postulates and the Lorentz transformation -- Treatment of special relativity with the help of a four dimensional geometry -- Special relativity and mechanics -- The dynamics of a particle -- The dynamics of a continuous mechanical medium -- Special relativity and electrodynamics -- Electron theory -- Microscopic theory -- Special relativity and thermodynamics -- The thermodynaimcs of stationary systems -- The thermodynamics of moving systems -- The general theory of relativity -- The fundamental principles of general relativity -- Elementary applications of general relativity -- Relativistic mechanics -- Some general mechanical principles -- Solutions of the field equations -- Relativistic electrodynamics -- The covariant generalization of electrical theory -- Some applications of relativistic electrodynamics -- Relativistic thermodynamics -- The extension of thermodynamics to general relativity -- Applications of relativistic thermodynamics -- Applications to cosmology -- Static cosmological models -- The application of relativistic mechanics to non-static homogeneous cosmological models -- The application of relativistic thermodynamics to non-static homogeneous cosmological models -- Correlation of phenomena in the actual universe with the help of non-static homogeneous models.
- LCCN
- 34032023
- OCLC
- ocm00919976
- 919976
- SCSB-239511
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library