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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198519966

ISBN-139780198519966

eBay Product ID (ePID)78189

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Number of Pages244 Pages

Publication NameGeneral Relativity

LanguageEnglish

SubjectPhysics / Relativity

Publication Year1990

TypeTextbook

AuthorI. R. Kenyon

Subject AreaScience

FormatUk-Trade Paper

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight15.2 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN89-049584

Reviews"The book includes an excellent discussion of the equivalence principle, and of the traditional and some newer tests of the general theory...For physicists and astronomers, this is a very useful addition to available undergraduate textbooks on general relativity."--NY Times Higher Education Supplement "Concise enough to fit into a one-semester format, yet covers enough topics so that the reader can become familiar with many important terms, problems and prospects in the field. . . .The reader, or student, will gain from this book an exposure to the major features, successes and problems of general relativity." --Mathematical Reviews, "The book includes an excellent discussion of the equivalence principle, and of the traditional and some newer tests of the general theory...For physicists and astronomers, this is a very useful addition to available undergraduate textbooks on general relativity."--NY Times Higher EducationSupplement "Concise enough to fit into a one-semester format, yet covers enough topics so that the reader can become familiar with many important terms, problems and prospects in the field. . . .The reader, or student, will gain from this book an exposure to the major features, successes and problems of general relativity." --Mathematical Reviews, 'I would recommend all physics and astronomy lecturers to take a look atthis book. I bet they will want to use it.'The Observatory, "The book includes an excellent discussion of the equivalence principle, and of the traditional and some newer tests of the general theory...For physicists and astronomers, this is a very useful addition to available undergraduate textbooks on general relativity."-- NY Times Higher Education Supplement "Concise enough to fit into a one-semester format, yet covers enough topics so that the reader can become familiar with many important terms, problems and prospects in the field. . . .The reader, or student, will gain from this book an exposure to the major features, successes and problems of general relativity." -- Mathematical Reviews, "The book includes an excellent discussion of the equivalence principle, and of the traditional and some newer tests of the general theory...For physicists and astronomers, this is a very useful addition to available undergraduate textbooks on general relativity."--NY Times Higher Education Supplement"Concise enough to fit into a one-semester format, yet covers enough topics so that the reader can become familiar with many important terms, problems and prospects in the field. . . .The reader, or student, will gain from this book an exposure to the major features, successes and problems of general relativity." --Mathematical Reviews, 'I would recommend all physics and astronomy lecturers to take a look at this book. I bet they will want to use it.'The Observatory, I would recommend all physics and astronomy lecturers to take a look at this book. I bet they will want to use it.

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal530.1/1

SynopsisEinstein's general theory of relativity is perhaps the most important perspective to emerge in a century of astonishing progress in the field of physics. However, it is also a notoriously difficult subject for beginning students. This book describes general relativity in terms understandable to undergraduates in physics and astronomy. It discusses concepts and experimental results, and provides a succinct account of formalism. A brief review of special relativity is followed by a discussion of the equivalence principle and its implications. Other topics covered include concepts of curvature and the Schwarzschild metric, tests of the theory of relativity, black holes and their properties, gravitational radiation and methods for its detection, the impact of general relativity on cosmology, and the continuing search for a quantum theory of gravity. A set of worked examples, background appendices, and an annotated bibliography are also included. Written at a level accessible to nonspecialists, this book is especially strong on the experimental physics of relativity., General relativity is discussed in this book at a level appropriate to undergraduate students of physics and astronomy. It describes concepts and experimental results, and provides a succinct account of formalism. A brief review of special relativity is followed by a discussion of the equivalence principle and its implications. Other topics covered include concepts of curvature and the Schwarzschild metric, tests of the general theory, black holes and their properties, gravitational radiation and methods for its detection, the impact of general relativity on cosmology, and the continuing search for a quantum theory of gravity. The book also contains a set of worked examples, background appendices, and an annotated bibliography., This book describes concepts and experimental results, and provides a succinct account of the formalism of general relativity. A brief review of special relativity is followed by a discussion of the equivalence principle and its implications. Other topics covered include concepts of curvature and the Schwarzschild metric, tests of the general theory, black holes and their properties, gravitational radiation and methods for its detection, the impact of generalrelativity on cosmology, and the continuing search for a quantum theory of gravity., General relativity is discussed in this book at a level appropriate to undergraduate students of physics and astronomy. It describes concepts and experimental results, and provides a succinct account of formalism. A brief review of special relativity is followed by a discussion of the equivalence principle and its implications. Other topics covered include concepts of curvature and the Schwarzschild metric, tests of the general theory, black holes and theirproperties, gravitational radiation and methods for its detection, the impact of general relativity on cosmology, and the continuing search for a quantum theory of gravity. The book also contains a set ofworked examples, background appendices, and an annotated bibliography.

LC Classification NumberQC173.6.K46 1990