{"product_id":"twistor-geometry-and-field-theory-paperback-9780521422680","title":"Twistor Geometry and Field Theory (Paperback) 9780521422680","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTwistor Geometry and Field Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. S. Ward (Author), Raymond O. Wells, Jr (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521422680, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 July 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e532 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15 x 2.9 cm, 0.77 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"... skillfully written. It will serve as a relatively accessible introduction to twistor theory for many readers who have not studied the subject before. Others will find it useful as a refresher and as a source of many valuable insights.\"   Nature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book deals with the twistor treatment of certain linear and non-linear partial differential equations. The description in terms of twistors involves algebraic and differential geometry, algebraic topology and results in a new perspective on the properties of space and time. The authors firstly develop the mathematical background, then go on to discuss Yang-Mills fields and gravitational fields in classical language, and in the final part a number of field-theoretic problems are solved. Issued here for the first time in paperback, this self-contained volume should be of use to graduate mathematicians and physicists and research workers in theoretical physics, relativity, and cosmology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Geometry: 1. Klein correspondence\u003cbr\u003e 2. Fibre bundles\u003cbr\u003e 3. Differential geometry\u003cbr\u003e 4. Integral geometry\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Field Theory: 5. Linear field theory\u003cbr\u003e 6. Gauge theory\u003cbr\u003e 7. General relativity\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Penrose Transform: 8. Massless free fields\u003cbr\u003e 9. Self-dual gauge fields\u003cbr\u003e 10. Self-dual space-times\u003cbr\u003e 11. General gauge fields\u003cbr\u003e 12. Stationary axisymmetric space-times\u003cbr\u003e Special topics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Relativity physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Relativity physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Relativity%20physics%20%5BPHR%5D%22\"\u003ePHR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005231124760,"sku":"9780521422680","price":79.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521422680i_d16a36fb-f7b6-44b3-a846-7253701589b4.jpg?v=1691381457","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/twistor-geometry-and-field-theory-paperback-9780521422680","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}