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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521277035

ISBN-139780521277037

eBay Product ID (ePID)911147

Product Key Features

Number of Pages392 Pages

Publication NameFirst Course in General Relativity

LanguageEnglish

SubjectPhysics / Astrophysics, Physics / Relativity

Publication Year1985

TypeTextbook

AuthorBernard F. Schutz

Subject AreaScience

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight18.9 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN83-023205

TitleLeadingA

Reviews'This is the long-awaited second edition of the highly successful undergraduate text on classical relativity, dating from 1895.... Well laid out, developing logically and amply illustrated.' Times Higher Education Supplement, 'â€¦ provides the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with a minimal background in mathematics.' Zentralblatt MATH, "Schutz has such mastery of the material that it soon becomes clear that one is in authoritative hands, and topics are selected and developed only to a point where they prove adequate for future needs." The Times Higher Education Supplement, "...ought to inspire more physicists and astronomers to teach--and learn--the other half of the 20th century's revolution in physics." Foundations of Physics, '... provides the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with a minimal background in mathematics.' Zentralblatt MATH, 'This is the long-awaited second edition of the highly successful undergraduate text on classical relativity, dating from 1895.â€¦ Well laid out, developing logically and amply illustrated.' Times Higher Education Supplement

Dewey Edition19

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal530.1/1

Table Of ContentPreface; 1. Special relativity; 2. Vector analysis in special relativity; 3. Tensor analysis in special relativity; 4. Perfect fluids in special relativity; 5. Preface to curvature; 6. Curved manifolds; 7. Physics in a curved spacetime; 8. The Einstein field equations; 9. Gravitational radiation; 10. Spherical solutions for stars; 11. Schwarzschild geometry and black holes; 12. Cosmology; Appendices; References; Index.

SynopsisGeneral relativity has become one of the central pillars of theoretical physics, with important applications in both astrophysics and high-energy particle physics, and no modern theoretical physicist's education should be regarded as complete without some study of the subject. This textbook, based on the author's own undergraduate teaching, develops general relativity and its associated mathematics from a minimum of prerequisites, leading to a physical understanding of the theory in some depth. It reinforces this understanding by making a detailed study of the theory's most important applications - neutron stars, black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology - using the most up-to-date astronomical developments. The book is suitable for a one-year course for beginning graduate students or for undergraduates in physics who have studied special relativity, vector calculus, and electrostatics. Graduate students should be able to use the book selectively for half-year courses., This textbook develops general relativity and its associated mathematics from a minimum of prerequisites, leading to a physical understanding of the theory in some depth., This textbook develops general relativity and its associated mathematics from a minimum of prerequisites, leading to a physical understanding of the theory in some depth. It reinforces this understanding by making a detailed study of the theory's most important applications using the most up-to-date astronomical developments.

LC Classification NumberQC173.6 .S38 1985