General Relativity
A Concise Introduction
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 31 January 2019
- ISBN 9780198822158
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages154 pages
- Size 253x176x14 mm
- Weight 460 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 15 grayscale line figures 0
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Short description:
This is a short textbook on general relativity and gravitation aimed at readers with a broad range of interests in physics, from cosmology to high energy physics to condensed matter. The approach is "physics first": readers move quickly to the calculation of observational predictions and only then return to mathematical foundations.
MoreLong description:
Einstein's general theory of relativity -- currently our best theory of gravity -- is important not only to specialists, but to a much wider group of physicists. This short textbook on general relativity and gravitation offers students glimpses of the vast landscape of science connected to general relativity. It incorporates some of the latest research in the field. The book is aimed at readers with a broad range of interests in physics, from cosmology, to gravitational radiation, to high energy physics, to condensed matter theory. The pedagogical approach is "physics first": readers move very quickly to the calculation of observational predictions, and only return to the mathematical foundations after the physics is established. In addition to the "standard" topics covered by most introductory textbooks, it contains short introductions to more advanced topics: for instance, why field equations are second order, how to treat gravitational energy, and what is required for a Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity. A concluding chapter discusses directions for further study, from mathematical relativity, to experimental tests, to quantum gravity.
This is an introductory text, but it has also been written as a jumping-off point for readers who plan to study more specialized topics.
This is a really remarkable book. It has only 150 pages, but it introduces Einstein's general theory of relativity on firm grounds with carefully chosen explanations. It covers both the differential geometric part and the physics part in a well-balanced matter...This is an introductory text, but it has also been written as a jumping off point for readers who plan to study more specialized topics.
Table of Contents:
Gravity as geometry
Geodesics
Geodesics in the Solar System
Manifolds and tensors
Derivatives and curvature
The Einstein field equations
The stress-energy tensor
The weak field approximation
Gravitational waves
Black holes
Cosmology
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