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Schutz, Bernard Frederick was born on August 11, 1946 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Arrived in Wales, 1974. Son of Bernard Frederick and Virginia Mae (Lefebure) Schutz.
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In recent years the methods of modern differential geometry have become of considerable importance in theoretical physics and have found application in relativity and cosmology, high-energy physics and field theory, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and mechanics. This textbook provides an introduction to these methods - in particular Lie derivatives, Lie groups and differential forms - and covers their extensive applications to theoretical physics. The reader is assumed to have some familiarity with advanced calculus, linear algebra and a little elementary operator theory. The advanced physics undergraduate should therefore find the presentation quite accessible. This account will prove valuable for those with backgrounds in physics and applied mathematics who desire an introduction to the subject. Having studied the book, the reader will be able to comprehend research papers that use this mathematics and follow more advanced pure-mathematical expositions.
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General relativity has become one of the central pillars of theoretical physics, with important applications in both astrophysics and high-energy particle physics, and no modern theoretical physicist's education should be regarded as complete without some study of the subject. This textbook, based on the author's own undergraduate teaching, develops general relativity and its associated mathematics from a minimum of prerequisites, leading to a physical understanding of the theory in some depth. It reinforces this understanding by making a detailed study of the theory's most important applications - neutron stars, black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology - using the most up-to-date astronomical developments. The book is suitable for a one-year course for beginning graduate students or for undergraduates in physics who have studied special relativity, vector calculus, and electrostatics. Graduate students should be able to use the book selectively for half-year courses.
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Clarity, readability and rigor combine in the second edition of this widely-used textbook to provide the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with a minimal background in mathematics. Topics within relativity that fascinate astrophysical researchers and students alike are covered with Schutz's characteristic ease and authority - from black holes to gravitational lenses, from pulsars to the study of the Universe as a whole. This edition now contains discoveries by astronomers that require general relativity for their explanation; a revised chapter on relativistic stars, including new information on pulsars; an entirely rewritten chapter on cosmology; and an extended, comprehensive treatment of modern detectors and expected sources. Over 300 exercises, many new to this edition, give students the confidence to work with general relativity and the necessary mathematics, whilst the informal writing style makes the subject matter easily accessible.
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Schutz, Bernard Frederick was born on August 11, 1946 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Arrived in Wales, 1974. Son of Bernard Frederick and Virginia Mae (Lefebure) Schutz.
Bachelor of Science, Clarkson College of Technology, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1972.
Postdoctoral fellow, Cambridge U., England, 1971-1972; postdoctoral fellow, Yale University, New Haven, 72-73; instructor, Yale University, New Haven, 1973-1974; lecturer, University College, Cardiff, Wales, 1974-1976; reader, University College, Cardiff, Wales, 1976-1984; professor, University College, Cardiff, Wales, 1984-1988; professor, U. Wales College Cardiff, since 1988; director Max Planck Institute Gravitational Physics, Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam, Germany, since 1995. Member editorial board Journal Classical & Quantum Gravity, Bristol, England, 1988-1990, Revs. in Mathematics Physics, Singapore, since 1988.
(General relativity has become one of the central pillars ...)
(In recent years the methods of modern differential geomet...)
(Clarity, readability and rigor combine in the second edit...)
(Clarity, readability and rigor combine in the second edit...)
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Schutz is also a member of the science team coordinating the planning and development for the space-borne gravitational wave detector LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna), and he was instrumental in the foundation of the electronic, open access review journal Living Reviews in Relativity.
Married Susan Whitelegg, September 16, 1977 (divorced January 1983). Married Siân Lynette Pouncy, December 22, 1983. Children: Rachel Grace, Catherine Virginia, Annalie Eileen.