
General relativity : an introduction for physicists
Title:
General relativity : an introduction for physicists
Author:
Hobson, M. P. (Michael Paul), 1967-
ISBN:
9780521829519
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Physical Description:
xviii, 572 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents:
The spacetime of special relativity -- Manifolds and coordinates -- Vector calculus on manifolds -- Tensor calculus on manifolds -- Special relativity revisited -- Electromagnetism -- The equivalence principle and spacetime curvature -- The gravitational field equations -- The Schwarzschild geometry -- Experimental tests of general relativity -- Schwarzschild black holes -- Further spherically symmetric geometries -- The Kerr geometry -- The Friedmann-Robertson-Walker geometry -- Cosmological models -- Inflationary cosmology -- Linearised general relativity -- Gravitational waves -- A variational approach to general relativity.
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