Jayant V. Narlikar

An Introduction to Relativity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introduction to relativity, ideal as part of undergraduate and graduate courses in physics, astrophysics and applied mathematics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 178mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 907g
• ISBN-13: 9780521514972
• ISBN-10: 0521514975
• Artikelnr.: 28107632

Autorenporträt

Jayant V. Narlikar is Emeritus Professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India. He is author of An Introduction to Cosmology, now in its third edition (Cambridge University Press, 2002), and has been active in teaching and researching cosmology, theoretical astrophysics, gravitation and relativity for nearly five decades.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The special theory of relativity; 2. From special to the general theory of relativity; 3. Vectors and tensors; 4. Covariant differentiation; 5. Curvature of spacetime; 6. Spacetime symmetries; 7. Physics in curved spacetime; 8. Einstein's equations; 9. The Schwarzschild solutions; 10. Experimental tests of general relativity; 11. Gravitational radiation; 12. Relativistic astrophysics; 13. Black holes; 14. The expanding universe; 15. Friedmann models; 16. The early universe; 17. Observational cosmology; 18. Beyond relativity; References; Index.

Rezensionen

'... an excellent book, which researchers in relativity will treasure for its historical perspective.' Classical and Quantum Gravity