Introduction to General Relativity by Lewis Ryder
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009Description: 441 p., xvISBN:- 9781108798372 (pbk)
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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
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