Description |
xiv, 599 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Includes bibliographical references |
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Special-relativistic kinematics -- Special-relativistic dynamics -- Special-relativistic coordinate transformations, invariants and tensors -- Electromagnetism -- Matter and radiation -- Metrics -- Covariant differentiation and geodesic curves -- Differential geometry : further concepts -- Curvature -- Killing vectors and symmetries -- Angular momentum -- Gravitation generally -- Gravitational field equations and linearized theory -- Physics in curved spacetime -- The Schwarzschild geometry -- Spherical symmetry and relativistic stellar structure -- Black holes -- Gravitational radiation -- Cosmology -- Experimental tests -- Miscellaneous |
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With answers |
Analysis |
Physics Relativity |
Notes |
Includes index |
Subject |
Astrophysics -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Gravitation -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Relativity (Physics) -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Genre/Form |
Problems and exercises.
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Author |
Lightman, Alan P., 1948-
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LC no. |
74025630 |
ISBN |
0691081603 |
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(paperback) |
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