Relativity, gravitation and cosmology: a basic introduction

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An introduction to Einstein's general theory of relativity, this work is structured so that interesting applications, such as gravitational lensing, black holes and cosmology, can be presented without the readers having to first learn the difficult mathematics of tensor calculus.

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Full title :Relativity, gravitation and cosmology : a basic introduction / Ta-Pei Cheng.

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Publication Date:2010.
Edition:Second edition

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

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Description:1 online resource (xiii, 435 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9780191574429, 0191574422
oclc:ocn861693069
LC Classification:QC173.6
Dewey Decimal:530.11

I. Preliminaries -- 1. Introduction and Overview -- 2. Special relativity: the basics -- II. Relativity -- Metric Description of Spacetime -- 3. Special relativity: the geometric formulation -- 4. Principle of equivalence -- 5. Metric description of a curved space -- 6. GR as a geometric theory of gravity -- I -- 7. Spherically symmetric spacetime -- GR tests -- 8. Black holes -- III. Cosmology -- 9. Homogeneous and isotropic universe -- 10. Expanding universe and thermal relics -- 11. Inflation and the accelerating universe -- IV. Relativity -- Full Tensor Formulation -- 12. Tensors in special relativity -- 13. Tensors in general relativity -- 14. GR as a geometric theory of gravity -- II -- 15. Linearized theory and gravitational waves -- Physical constants.

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