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1 online resource |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Quantum Gravity; Lecture 1; 1.1 A Field Approach to Gravitation; 1.2 The Characteristics of Gravitational Phenomena; 1.3 Quantum Effects in Gravitation; 1.4 On the Philosophical Problems in Quantizing Macroscopic Objects; 1.5 Gravitation as a Consequence of Other Fields; Lecture 2; 2.1 Postulates of Statistical Mechanics; 2.2 Difficulties of Speculative Theories; 2.3 The Exchange of One Neutrino; 2.4 The Exchange of Two Neutrinos; Lecture 3; 3.1 The Spin of the Graviton |
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3.2 Amplitudes and Polarizations in Electrodynamics, Our Typical Field Theory3.3 Amplitudes for Exchange of a Graviton; 3.4 Physical Interpretation of the Terms in the Amplitudes; 3.5 The Lagrangian for the Gravitational Field; 3.6 The Equations for the Gravitational Field; 3.7 Definition of Symbols; Lecture 4; 4.1 The Connection Between the Tensor Rank and the Sign of a Field; 4.2 The Stress-Energy Tensor for Scalar Matter; 4.3 Amplitudes for Scattering (Scalar Theory); 4.4 Detailed Properties of Plane Waves. Compton Effect; 4.5 Nonlinear Diagrams for Gravitons |
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4.6 The Classical Equations of Motion of a Gravitating Particle4.7 Orbital Motion of a Particle About a Star; Lecture 5; 5.1 Planetary Orbits and the Precession of Mercury; 5.2 Time Dilation in a Gravitational Field; 5.3 Cosmological Effects of the Time Dilation. Mach's Principle; 5.4 Mach's Principle in Quantum Mechanics; 5.5 The Self Energy of the Gravitational Field; Lecture 6; 6.1 The Bilinear Terms of the Stress-Energy Tensor; 6.2 Formulation of a Theory Correct to All Orders; 6.3 The Construction of Invariants with Respect to Infinitesimal Transformations |
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8.3 On the Assumption that Space Is Truly Flat8.4 On the Relations Between Different Approaches to Gravity Theory; 8.5 The Curvatures as Referred to Tangent Spaces; 8.6 The Curvatures Referred to Arbitrary Coordinates; 8.7 Properties of the Grand Curvature Tensor; Lecture 9; 9.1 Modifications of Electrodynamics Required by the Principle of Equivalence; 9.2 Covariant Derivatives of Tensors; 9.3 Parallel Displacement of a Vector; 9.4 The Connection Between Curvatures and Matter; Lecture 10; 10.1 The Field Equations of Gravity; 10.2 The Action for Classical Particles in a Gravitational Field |
| Summary |
Based on notes prepared during a course on gravitational physics that Richard Feynman taught at Caltech during the 1962-63 academic year |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 22, 2018) |
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Gravitation.
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Quantum gravity.
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Gravitation
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SCIENCE -- Energy.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
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Gravitation
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Quantum gravity
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Morínigo, Fernando B.
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Wagner, William G. (William Gerard), 1936-
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Hatfield, Brian, editor.
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Preskill, John, writer of foreword.
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Thorne, Kip S., writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9780429502859 |
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0429502850 |
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9780429971402 |
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0429971400 |
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