Gravitation
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Gravitation

  1. 424 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Gravitation

About this book

This book suitable for post graduates in Physics and Astrophysics aims at introducing the theory of general relativity as an important background for doing astrophysics. Starting from a detailed discussion of the various mathematical concepts for doing general relativity, the book introduces the geometric description of gravity. It gives a brief historical perspective to classical mechanics and electrodynamics making an attempt to establish the necessity of special relativity as propounded by Einstein extending to General Relativity. This bookis agood starting point for post graduates wanting to pursue the modern topics of Cosmology, High energy astrophysics and related areas.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781498746649
eBook ISBN
9781498746656
Edition
1
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Astronomy & Astrophysics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Foreword
  10. Preface
  11. 1: Mathematical Preliminaries
  12. 2: Prerelativity Physics
  13. 3: Special Relativity
  14. 4: General Relativity
  15. 5: Exact Solutions and Applications
  16. 6: Astrophysical Applications
  17. 7: Accretion Dynamics
  18. 8: Inertial Forces in General Relativity
  19. 9: Gravity as a Gauge Theory
  20. Index

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