A First Course in General Relativity
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 1985
- Book Title
- A First Course in General Relativity
- ISBN
- 9780521277037
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521277035
ISBN-13
9780521277037
eBay Product ID (ePID)
911147
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
392 Pages
Publication Name
First Course in General Relativity
Language
English
Subject
Physics / Astrophysics, Physics / Relativity
Publication Year
1985
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
18.9 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
83-023205
TitleLeading
A
Reviews
'This is the long-awaited second edition of the highly successful undergraduate text on classical relativity, dating from 1895.... Well laid out, developing logically and amply illustrated.' Times Higher Education Supplement, '… provides the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with a minimal background in mathematics.' Zentralblatt MATH, "Schutz has such mastery of the material that it soon becomes clear that one is in authoritative hands, and topics are selected and developed only to a point where they prove adequate for future needs." The Times Higher Education Supplement, "...ought to inspire more physicists and astronomers to teach--and learn--the other half of the 20th century's revolution in physics." Foundations of Physics, '... provides the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with a minimal background in mathematics.' Zentralblatt MATH, 'This is the long-awaited second edition of the highly successful undergraduate text on classical relativity, dating from 1895.… Well laid out, developing logically and amply illustrated.' Times Higher Education Supplement
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
530.1/1
Table Of Content
Preface; 1. Special relativity; 2. Vector analysis in special relativity; 3. Tensor analysis in special relativity; 4. Perfect fluids in special relativity; 5. Preface to curvature; 6. Curved manifolds; 7. Physics in a curved spacetime; 8. The Einstein field equations; 9. Gravitational radiation; 10. Spherical solutions for stars; 11. Schwarzschild geometry and black holes; 12. Cosmology; Appendices; References; Index.
Synopsis
General relativity has become one of the central pillars of theoretical physics, with important applications in both astrophysics and high-energy particle physics, and no modern theoretical physicist's education should be regarded as complete without some study of the subject. This textbook, based on the author's own undergraduate teaching, develops general relativity and its associated mathematics from a minimum of prerequisites, leading to a physical understanding of the theory in some depth. It reinforces this understanding by making a detailed study of the theory's most important applications - neutron stars, black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology - using the most up-to-date astronomical developments. The book is suitable for a one-year course for beginning graduate students or for undergraduates in physics who have studied special relativity, vector calculus, and electrostatics. Graduate students should be able to use the book selectively for half-year courses., This textbook develops general relativity and its associated mathematics from a minimum of prerequisites, leading to a physical understanding of the theory in some depth., This textbook develops general relativity and its associated mathematics from a minimum of prerequisites, leading to a physical understanding of the theory in some depth. It reinforces this understanding by making a detailed study of the theory's most important applications using the most up-to-date astronomical developments.
LC Classification Number
QC173.6 .S38 1985
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