| Description |
1 online resource (730 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of exercises; List of projects; Preface; How to use this book; 1 Special relativity; 2 Scalar and electromagnetic fields in special relativity; 3 Gravity and spacetime geometry: the inescapable connection; 4 Metric tensor, geodesics and covariant derivative; 5 Curvature of spacetime; 6 Einstein's field equations and gravitational dynamics; 7 Spherically symmetric geometry; 8 Black holes; 9 Gravitational waves; 10 Relativistic cosmology; 11 Differential forms and exterior calculus; 12 Hamiltonian structure of general relativity. |
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13 Evolution of cosmological perturbations14 Quantum field theory in curved spacetime; 15 Gravity in higher and lower dimensions; 16 Gravity as an emergent phenomenon; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
Covering all aspects of gravitation in a contemporary style, this advanced textbook is ideal for graduate students and researchers. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Gravitation -- Textbooks.
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Gravitation. |
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Textbooks. |
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Relativity (Physics) -- Textbooks.
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Relativity (Physics) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Textbooks.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
9780521882231 |
| ISBN |
9780511673559 (electronic book) |
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0511673558 (electronic book) |
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0511675534 (electronic book) |
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9780511675539 (electronic book) |
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