Introduction to General Relativity
Ryder, Lewis
Introduction to General Relativity by Lewis Ryder - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 - 441 p., xv
Contents
Preface,
Notation, Important formulae and physical constants,
1.Introduction
2.Special Relativity, Non-Internal Effects and Electromagnetism
3.Differential Geometry I: Vectors, Different forms and absolute differentiation
4.Differential Geometry II: Geodesics and curvature
5.Einstein field equation, the Schwarzschild solution and experimental tests of general relativity
6.Gravitomagnetic effects: gyroscopes and clocks
7.Gravitational Collapse and Black Holes
8. Action Principle, Conservation Laws and the Cauchy Problem
9.Gravitational Radiation
10.Cosmology
11.Gravitation and Field Theory
References
Index
9781108798372 (pbk)
Special Relativity - Differential Geometry - Gravitomagnetic Effects - Cosmology
530.11 / R973
Introduction to General Relativity by Lewis Ryder - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 - 441 p., xv
Contents
Preface,
Notation, Important formulae and physical constants,
1.Introduction
2.Special Relativity, Non-Internal Effects and Electromagnetism
3.Differential Geometry I: Vectors, Different forms and absolute differentiation
4.Differential Geometry II: Geodesics and curvature
5.Einstein field equation, the Schwarzschild solution and experimental tests of general relativity
6.Gravitomagnetic effects: gyroscopes and clocks
7.Gravitational Collapse and Black Holes
8. Action Principle, Conservation Laws and the Cauchy Problem
9.Gravitational Radiation
10.Cosmology
11.Gravitation and Field Theory
References
Index
9781108798372 (pbk)
Special Relativity - Differential Geometry - Gravitomagnetic Effects - Cosmology
530.11 / R973
