Gravity: an introduction to Einstein's general relativity
Providing relevant solutions of the Einstein equation, this text introduces field equations of general relativity & their supporting mathematics. Emphasis is on the connection between observation & theory and the phenomena of gravitational physics.
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- Full title :Gravity : an introduction to Einstein's general relativity / James B. Hartle.
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Providing relevant solutions of the Einstein equation, this text introduces field equations of general relativity & their supporting mathematics. Emphasis is on the connection between observation & theory and the phenomena of gravitational physics.
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- Publication Date:©2003.
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- Publisher(s):Addison-Wesley
- Place of Publication:San Francisco
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2003.
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- Description:xxii, 582 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0805386629, 9780805386622
- oclc:ocm50859279
- LC Classification:QC173.6
- Dewey Decimal:530.11
Table of Contents
Part I. Space and Time in Newtonian Physics and Special Relativity -- 1. Gravitational Physics -- 2. Geometry as Physics -- 2.1. Gravity Is Geometry -- 2.2. Experiments in Geometry -- 2.3. Different Geometries -- 2.4. Specifying Geometry -- 2.5. Coordinates and Line Element -- 2.6. Coordinates and Invariance -- 3. Space, Time, and Gravity in Newtonian Physics -- 3.1. Inertial Frames -- 3.2. The Principle of Relativity -- 3.3. Newtonian Gravity -- 3.4. Gravitational and Inertial Mass -- 3.5. Variational Principle for Newtonian Mechanics -- 4. Principles of Special Relativity -- 4.1. The Addition of Velocities and the Michelson-Morley Experiment -- 4.2. Einstein's Resolution and Its Consequences -- 4.3. Spacetime -- 4.4. Time Dilation and the Twin Paradox -- 4.5. Lorentz Boosts -- 4.6. Units -- 5. Special Relativistic Mechanics -- 5.1. Four-Vectors -- 5.2. Special Relativistic Kinematics -- 5.3. Special Relativistic Dynamics -- 5.4. Variational Principle for Free Particle Motion -- 5.5. Light Rays -- 5.6. Observers and Observations -- Part II. The Curved Spacetimes of General Relativity -- 6. Gravity as Geometry -- 6.1. Testing the Equality of Gravitational and Inertial Mass -- 6.2.…
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