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Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology - A Primer (Hardcover, 2006 ed.) Loot Price: R1,567
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Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology - A Primer (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): Peter Hoyng

Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology - A Primer (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)

Peter Hoyng

Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library

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Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology offers a succinct and self-contained treatment of general relativity and its application to compact objects, gravitational waves and cosmology. The required mathematical concepts are introduced informally, following geometrical intuition as much as possible. The approach is theoretical, but there is ample discussion of observational aspects and of instrumental issues where appropriate.

The book includes such topical issues as the Gravity Probe B mission, interferometer detectors of gravitational waves, and the physics behind the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Written for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in (astro)physics, it is ideally suited for a lecture course and contains 140 exercises with extensive hints. The reader is assumed to be familiar with linear algebra and analysis, ordinary differential equations, special relativity, and basic thermal physics.

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Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin: United States
Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Release date: July 2006
First published: July 2006
Authors: Peter Hoyng
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 294
Edition: 2006 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-4521-9
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Cosmology & the universe
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
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LSN: 1-4020-4521-2
Barcode: 9781402045219

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