Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology
(Sprache: Englisch)
Einstein's general theory of relativity is introduced in this advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level textbook. Topics include special relativity in the formalism of Minkowski's four-dimensional space-time, the principle of equivalence,...
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Einstein's general theory of relativity is introduced in this advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level textbook. Topics include special relativity in the formalism of Minkowski's four-dimensional space-time, the principle of equivalence, Riemannian geometry and tensor analysis,
Einstein's field equation and cosmology. The author presents the subject from the very beginning with an emphasis on physical examples and simple applications without the full tensor apparatus. One first learns how to describe curved spacetime. At this mathematically more accessible level, the
reader can already study the many interesting phenomena such as gravitational lensing, precession of Mercury's perihelion, black holes, as well as cosmology. The full tensor formulation is presented later, when the Einstein equation is solved for a few symmetric cases. Many modern topics in
cosmology are discussed in this book: from inflation and cosmic microwave anisotropy to the "dark energy" that propels as accelerating universe. Mathematical accessibility, together with the various pedagogical devices (e.g., worked-out solutions of chapter-end problems), make it practical for
interested readers to use the book to study general relativity, gravitation and cosmology on their own.
Einstein's field equation and cosmology. The author presents the subject from the very beginning with an emphasis on physical examples and simple applications without the full tensor apparatus. One first learns how to describe curved spacetime. At this mathematically more accessible level, the
reader can already study the many interesting phenomena such as gravitational lensing, precession of Mercury's perihelion, black holes, as well as cosmology. The full tensor formulation is presented later, when the Einstein equation is solved for a few symmetric cases. Many modern topics in
cosmology are discussed in this book: from inflation and cosmic microwave anisotropy to the "dark energy" that propels as accelerating universe. Mathematical accessibility, together with the various pedagogical devices (e.g., worked-out solutions of chapter-end problems), make it practical for
interested readers to use the book to study general relativity, gravitation and cosmology on their own.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology “
RELATIVITY - METRIC DESCRIPTION OF SPACETIME; 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Special relativity and the flat spacetime; 3. The principle of equivalence; 4. Metric description of a curved space; 5. General relativity (GR) as a geometric theory of gravity - I; 6. Spacetime outside a spherical star; COSMOLOGY; 7. The homogenous and isotropic universe; 8. The expanding universe and thermal relics; 9. Inflation and the accelerating universe; RELATIVITY - FULL TENSOR FORMULATION; 10. Tensors in special relativity; 11. Tensors in general relativity; 12. GR as a geometric theory of gravity - II; 13. Linearized theory and gravitational waves
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Ta-Pei Cheng
- 2005, 354 Seiten, Maße: 18,9 x 24,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0198529570
- ISBN-13: 9780198529576
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology “
This is a great time to have published a fresh new undergraduate text on relativity and cosmology...this is an excellent textbook which this reviewer would rate as the text of choice for a course on relativity and cosmology aimed at physics and astronomy undergraduates. American Journal of Physics, October 2005.
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