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Carlip, Steven 1953-

General relativity : a concise introduction / Steven Carlip, The University of California at Davis. - UK: Oxford University Press, 2019. - xi, 141 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- The Hamiltonian formalism -- Next steps.

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.--

ISBN: 9780198822158 (hbk.) 0198822154 (hbk.) 9780198822165 (pbk.) 0198822162 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2018957383

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB903901 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019201294 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Relativity (Physics)
Gravitation.
Gravitation.
Relativity (Physics)

LC Class. No.: QC173.55 / .C37 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 530.11 / C282