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General Relativity and Cosmology with Engineering Applications (Hardcover)
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General Relativity and Cosmology with Engineering Applications (Hardcover)
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This is a reference book for researchers working in the field of
general relativity, quantum mechanics and quantum gravity. A major
part of the book deals with the formulation of special relativistic
mechanics, special relativistic fluid dynamics and its
generalization to general relativity where the gravitational field
is described by a metric tensor. Emphasis is laid on the fact that
the general theory of relativity is of tensorial character under
all dieomorphisms of space-time and hence its field equations,
namely the Einstein field equations for gravitation, the Maxwell
equations in a curved space-time geometry and the fluid dynamical
equations in curved space time are all valid for all observers in
the universe. The emphasis throughout is on the fact that matter
generates a gravitational field described by a metric that has a
non-vanishing curvature tensor and hence such space-times are
inherently curved, ie, cannot be transformed into Minkowsian form.
There is a final section on quantum mechanics and quantum field
theory which introduces supersymmetry and quantum gravity to the
reader. The reader after going through this book will be
sufficiently well equipped to start research in quantum gravity,
i.e, background independent physics which is as yet an unsolved
problem owing to renormalization problems. Note: T& F does not
sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan,
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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