Sean M. Carroll

Spacetime and Geometry (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction to General Relativity

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An accessible introductory textbook on general relativity, covering the theory''s foundations, mathematical formalism and major applications.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108775557
• Artikelnr.: 70912272

Autorenporträt

Sean M. Carroll is Research Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology. His research focuses on general relativity, cosmology, field theory, statistical mechanics, and quantum mechanics. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Gemant Award from the American Institute of Physics, the Winton Science Book Prize from the Royal Society, a Guggenheim fellowship, and teaching awards from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Special relativity and flat spacetime
2. Manifolds
3. Curvature
4. Gravitation
5. The Schwarzchild solution
6. More general black holes
7. Perturbation theory and gravitational radiation
8. Cosmology
9. Quantum field theory in curved spacetime
10. Appendixes
Bibliography
Index.