Introducing Einstein's relativity a deeper understanding /
The aim of this book is to provide the reader with a sound mathematical introduction to Einstein's theory of relativity, both special relativity and general relativity, as well as an understanding of the physical insights needed to explore the subject and the principles that guided Einstein in...
| Main Author: | dâ€{u2122}Inverno, Ray. |
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| Other Authors: | D'Inverno, Ray,, Vickers, James,, Oxford Scholarship Online. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2022.
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| Physical Description: |
624 pages: illustrations(colour). |
| Edition: | First Edition published in 1992. |
| Series: |
Oxford Academic.
Oxford scholarship online. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 The organization of the book
- 2 The k-calculus
- 3 The key attributes of special relativity
- 4 The elements of relativistic mechanics
- 5 Tensor algebra
- 6 Tensor calculus
- 7 Integration, variation, and symmetry
- 8 Special relativity revisited
- 9 The principles of general relativity
- 10 The field equations of general relativity
- 11 General relativity from a variational principle
- 12 The energy-momentum tensor
- 13 The structure of the field equations
- 14 The 3+1 and 2+2 formalisms
- 15 The Schwarzschild solution
- 16 Classical experimental tests of general relativity
- 17 Non-rotating black holes
- 18 Maximal extension and conformal compactification
- 19 Charged black holes
- 20 Rotating black holes
- 21 Linearized gravitational waves and their detection
- 22 Exact gravitational waves
- 23 Radiation from an isolated source
- 24 Relativistic cosmology
- 25 The classical cosmological models
- 26 Modern cosmology.