Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Notation
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The theory of relativity: a mathematical overview
- 3 Space-time splitting
- 4 Special frames
- 5 The world function
- 6 Local measurements
- 7 Non-local measurements
- 8 Observers in physically relevant space-times
- 9 Measurements in physically relevant space-times
- 10 Measurements of spinning bodies
- Epilogue
- Exercises
- References
- Index
- References
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Notation
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The theory of relativity: a mathematical overview
- 3 Space-time splitting
- 4 Special frames
- 5 The world function
- 6 Local measurements
- 7 Non-local measurements
- 8 Observers in physically relevant space-times
- 9 Measurements in physically relevant space-times
- 10 Measurements of spinning bodies
- Epilogue
- Exercises
- References
- Index
- References
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