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1、Einstein’sSpace-TimeAnIntroductiontoSpecialandGeneralRelativityEinstein’sSpace-TimeAnIntroductiontoSpecialandGeneralRelativityRafaelFerraroUniversidaddeBuenosAiresConsejoNacionaldeInvestigacionesCientíficasyTécnicas(RepúblicaArgentina)RafaelFerraroUniversidaddeBuenosAiresCon
2、sejoNacionaldeInvestigacionesCientíficasyTécnicas(RepúblicaArgentina)Email:ferraro@iafe.uba.arLibraryofCongressControlNumber:2007923177ISBN978-0-387-69946-2eISBN978-0-387-69947-9©2007SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLCAllrightsreserved.Thisworkmaynotbetranslatedorcopiedinwhole
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4、dissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdevelopedisforbidden.Theuseinthispublicationoftradenames,trademarks,servicemarksandsimilarterms,eveniftheyarenotidentifiedassuch,isnottobetakenasanexpressionofopinionastowhetherornottheyaresubjecttoproprietaryrights.987654321springer.c
5、omPrefaceBetween1994and1999,IhadthepleasureoflecturingSpecialandGeneralRelativityintheFacultaddeCienciasExactasyNaturalesoftheUniversidaddeBuenosAires.TheselecturesweretargetedtoundergraduateandgraduatestudentsofPhysics.However,itisincreasinglyapparentthatinterestinRelativit
6、yextendsbeyondtheseacademiccircles.Becauseofthisreason,thisbookintendstobecomeusefultostudentsofrelateddisciplinesandtootherreadersinterestedinEinstein’swork,whowillbeabletoincorporateentirelythefundamentalideasofRelativitystartingfromtheverybasicconceptsofPhysics.Toundersta
7、ndtheTheoryofRelativityitisnecessarytogiveupourintuitivenotionsofspaceandtime,i.e.,thenotionsusedinourdailyrelationwiththeworld.TheseclassicalnotionsofspaceandtimearealsothefoundationsofNewtonianmechanics,whichdominatedPhysicsforovertwocenturiesuntiltheyclashedwithMaxwell’se
8、lectromagnetism.Classicalphysicsassumedthatspaceisimmutableanditsgeometryob
