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Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity

By James B. Hartle

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
0805386629, 9780805386622
Open Library ID
OL17067720M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
12 MB (12434452 bytes)
Pages
656\589
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The aim of this groundbreaking new book is to bring general relativity into the undergraduate curriculum and make this fundamental theory accessible to all physics majors. Using a "physics first" approach to the subject, renowned relativist James B. Hartle provides a fluent and accessible introduction that uses a minimum of new mathematics and is illustrated with a wealth of exciting applications. The emphasis is on the exciting phenomena of gravitational physics and the growing connection between theory and observation. The Global Positioning System, black holes, X-ray sources, pulsars, quasars, gravitational waves, the Big Bang, and the large scale structure of the universe are used to illustrate the widespread role of how general relativity describes a wealth of everyday and exotic phenomena.

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