num_pages: 694
description: Theodore Frankel explains those parts of exterior differential forms, differential geometry, algebraic and differential topology, Lie groups, vector bundles and Chern forms essential to a better understanding of classical and modern physics and engineering. Key highlights of his new edition are the inclusion of three new appendices that cover symmetries, quarks, and meson masses; representations and hyperelastic bodies; and orbits and Morse-Bott Theory in compact Lie groups. Geometric intuition is developed through a rather extensive introduction to the study of surfaces in ordinary space. First Edition Hb (1997): 0-521-38334-X First Edition Pb (1999): 0-521-38753-1
language: English
title: The Geometry of Physics: An Introduction
titlecomplete: The Geometry of Physics: An Introduction
genres: Physics, Mathematics, Geometry, Reference, Science, Textbooks, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 51
publisher: Cambridge University Press