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A First Course in General Relativity

By Bernard F. Schutz

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1985
ISBN
3540259015
LCC
QC174.12 .S38813 2005
Open Library ID
OL16669629M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15896002 bytes)
Pages
390\390
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

General relativity has become one of the central pillars of theoretical physics, with important applications in both astrophysics and high-energy particle physics, and no modern theoretical physicist's education should be regarded as complete without some study of the subject. This textbook, based on the author's own undergraduate teaching, develops general relativity and its associated mathematics from a minimum of prerequisites, leading to a physical understanding of the theory in some depth. It reinforces this understanding by making a detailed study of the theory's most important applications - neutron stars, black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology - using the most up-to-date astronomical developments. The book is suitable for a one-year course for beginning graduate students or for undergraduates in physics who have studied special relativity, vector calculus, and electrostatics. Graduate students should be able to use the book selectively for half-year courses.

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