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Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology - A Basic Introduction (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition) Loot Price: R1,296
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Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology - A Basic Introduction (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Ta-Pei Cheng

Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology - A Basic Introduction (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Ta-Pei Cheng

Series: Oxford Master Series in Physics, 11

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Einstein's general theory of relativity is introduced in this advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level textbook. Topics include special relativity, in the formalism of Minkowski's four-dimensional space-time, the principle of equivalence, Riemannian geometry and tensor analysis, Einstein field equation, as well as many modern cosmological subjects, from primordial inflation and cosmic microwave anisotropy to the dark energy that propels an accelerating universe.
The author presents the subject with an emphasis on physical examples and simple applications without the full tensor apparatus. The reader first learns how to describe curved spacetime. At this mathematically more accessible level, the reader can already study the many interesting phenomena such as gravitational lensing, precession of Mercury's perihelion, black holes, and cosmology. The full tensor formulation is presented later, when the Einstein equation is solved for a few symmetric cases. Many modern topics in cosmology are discussed in this book: from inflation, cosmic microwave anisotropy to the "dark energy" that propels an accelerating universe.
Mathematical accessibility, together with the various pedagogical devices (e.g., worked-out solutions of chapter-end problems), make it practical for interested readers to use the book to study general relativity and cosmology on their own.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Oxford Master Series in Physics, 11
Release date: November 2009
First published: 2010
Authors: Ta-Pei Cheng
Dimensions: 246 x 188 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 456
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-957364-6
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Cosmology & the universe
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Classical mechanics > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
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LSN: 0-19-957364-6
Barcode: 9780199573646

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