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General Relativity - A Concise Introduction (Hardcover)
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General Relativity - A Concise Introduction (Hardcover)
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Einstein's general theory of relativity - currently our best theory
of gravity - is important not only to specialists, but to a much
wider group of physicists. This short textbook on general
relativity and gravitation offers students glimpses of the vast
landscape of science connected to general relativity. It
incorporates some of the latest research in the field. The book is
aimed at readers with a broad range of interests in physics, from
cosmology, to gravitational radiation, to high energy physics, to
condensed matter theory. The pedagogical approach is "physics
first": readers move very quickly to the calculation of
observational predictions, and only return to the mathematical
foundations after the physics is established. In addition to the
"standard" topics covered by most introductory textbooks, it
contains short introductions to more advanced topics: for instance,
why field equations are second order, how to treat gravitational
energy, and what is required for a Hamiltonian formulation of
general relativity. A concluding chapter discusses directions for
further study, from mathematical relativity, to experimental tests,
to quantum gravity. This is an introductory text, but it has also
been written as a jumping-off point for readers who plan to study
more specialized topics.
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