Gravity: an introduction to Einstein's general relativity
Title Statements
- Full title :Gravity : an introduction to Einstein's general relativity / James B. Hartle.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2014
- Edition:First edition, Pearson new international edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Pearson
- Place of Publication:Harlow, Essex
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:ii, 554 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 28 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781292039145, 1292039140
- oclc:ocn864786998
- 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 -- 3. Newtonian Physics -- 4. Principles of Special Relativity -- 5. Special Relativistic Mechanics -- Part II. THE CURVED SPACETIMES OF GENERAL RELATIVITY -- 6. Gravity as Geometry -- 7. Description of Curved Spacetime -- 8. Geodesics -- 9. The Geometry Outside a Spherical Star -- 10. Solar System Tests -- 11. Relativistic Gravity in Action -- 12. Black Holes -- 13. Astrophysical Black Holes -- 14. A Little Rotation -- 15. Rotating Black Holes -- 16. Gravitational Waves -- 17. The Universe Observed -- 18. Cosmological Models -- 19. Which Universe and Why?
Part III. III. THE EINSTEIN EQUATION -- 20. A Little More Math -- 21. Curvature and the Einstein Equation -- 22. The Source of Curvature -- 23. Gravitational Wave Emission -- 24. Relativistic Stars.
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