General Relativity

Based on a course given at Oxford over many years, this book is a short and concise exposition of the central ideas of general relativity. Although the original audience was made up of mathematics students, the focus is on the chain of reasoning that leads to the relativistic theory from the analysi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woodhouse, N.M.J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 2007, 2007
Edition:1st ed. 2007
Series:Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Newtonian Gravity
  • Inertial Coordinates and Tensors
  • Energy-Momentum Tensors
  • Curved Space—Time
  • Tensor Calculus
  • Einstein’s Equation
  • Spherical Symmetry
  • Orbits in the Schwarzschild Space—Time
  • Black Holes
  • Rotating Bodies
  • Gravitational Waves
  • Redshift and Horizons