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020 _a9781139003391 (ebook)
020 _z9781107012943 (hardback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQC178
_b.O35 2013
082 0 0 _a530.14
_223
100 1 _aOhanian, Hans C.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aGravitation and Spacetime /
_cHans C. Ohanian, Remo Ruffini.
246 3 _aGravitation & Spacetime
250 _a3rd ed.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (546 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520 _aThe third edition of this classic textbook is a quantitative introduction for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. It gently guides students from Newton's gravitational theory to special relativity, and then to the relativistic theory of gravitation. General relativity is approached from several perspectives: as a theory constructed by analogy with Maxwell's electrodynamics, as a relativistic generalization of Newton's theory, and as a theory of curved spacetime. The authors provide a concise overview of the important concepts and formulas, coupled with the experimental results underpinning the latest research in the field. Numerous exercises in Newtonian gravitational theory and Maxwell's equations help students master essential concepts for advanced work in general relativity, while detailed spacetime diagrams encourage them to think in terms of four-dimensional geometry. Featuring comprehensive reviews of recent experimental and observational data, the text concludes with chapters on cosmology and the physics of the Big Bang and inflation.
650 0 _aGravitation
650 0 _aSpace and time
700 1 _aRuffini, Remo,
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107012943
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139003391
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c37155
_d37155