Gravity, Black Holes, and the Very Early Universe An Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology
In the early 1900s, Albert Einstein formulated two theories that would forever change the landscape of physics: the Special Theory of Relativity and the General Theory of Relativity. By 1925, quantum mechanics had been born out of the dissection of these two theories, and shortly after that, relativ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2008, 2008
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Basic Ideas of General Relativity
- Curvilinear Coordinates and General Tensors
- Einstein's Law of Gravitation
- The Schwarzschild Solution
- Experimental Tests of Einstein's Theory
- The Physics of Black Holes
- to Cosmology
- Big Bang Models
- Particles, Forces, and Unification of Forces
- The Inflationary Universe
- The Physics of the Very Early Universe