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General relativity : a concise introduction / Steven Carlip, The University of California at Davis.

By: Publisher: Copyright date: 2019Description: xi, 141 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198822158 (hbk.)
  • 0198822154 (hbk.)
  • 9780198822165 (pbk.)
  • 0198822162 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.11 23 C282
LOC classification:
  • QC173.55 .C37 2019
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.-- Source other than the Library of Congress.
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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.-- Source other than the Library of Congress.