Gravitation
"This book suitable for post graduates in Physics and Astrophysics aims at introducing the theory of general relativity as an important background for doing astrophysics. Starting from a detailed discussion of the various mathematical concepts for doing general relativity, the book introduces the geometric description of gravity. It gives a brief historical perspective to classical mechanics and electrodynamics making an attempt to establish the necessity of special relativity as propounded by …
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- Full title :Gravitation / A R Prasanna.
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"This book suitable for post graduates in Physics and Astrophysics aims at introducing the theory of general relativity as an important background for doing astrophysics. Starting from a detailed discussion of the various mathematical concepts for doing general relativity, the book introduces the geometric description of gravity. It gives a brief historical perspective to classical mechanics and electrodynamics making an attempt to establish the necessity of special relativity as propounded by Einstein extending to General Relativity. This book is a good starting point for post graduates wanting to pursue the modern topics of Cosmology, High energy astrophysics and related areas"...
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- Publication Date:2017
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):CRC Press
- Place of Publication:Boca Raton ; London ; New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017
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- Description:xxv, 397 Seiten : : Illustrationen, Diagramme
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781498746649, 1498746640
- oclc:on1021398769
- LC Classification:QC178
- Dewey Decimal:521/.1
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