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General Relativity
Norbert Straumann
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Paperback. Series: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 688 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 970.
Physics and mathematics students are as eager as ever to become acquainted withthefoundationsofgeneralrelativityandsomeofitsmajorapplicationsin astrophysics and cosmology. I hope that this textbook gives a comprehensive and timelyintroduction toboth aspectsof thisfascinating?eld,and willturn out to be useful for undergraduate and graduate students. This book is a complete revision and extension of my previous volume ‘GeneralRelativityandRelativisticAstrophysics’thatappearedabouttwenty years ago in the Springer Series‘Texts and Monographs in Physics’; however, it cannot be regarded just as a new edition. In Part I the foundations of general relativity are thoroughly developed. Some of the more advanced topics, such as the section on the initial value problem, can be ... Read more
Physics and mathematics students are as eager as ever to become acquainted withthefoundationsofgeneralrelativityandsomeofitsmajorapplicationsin astrophysics and cosmology. I hope that this textbook gives a comprehensive and timelyintroduction toboth aspectsof thisfascinating?eld,and willturn out to be useful for undergraduate and graduate students. This book is a complete revision and extension of my previous volume ‘GeneralRelativityandRelativisticAstrophysics’thatappearedabouttwenty years ago in the Springer Series‘Texts and Monographs in Physics’; however, it cannot be regarded just as a new edition. In Part I the foundations of general relativity are thoroughly developed. Some of the more advanced topics, such as the section on the initial value problem, can be ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
Series
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Number of Pages
676
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642060137
SKU
V9783642060137
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Reviews for General Relativity
From the reviews: "In this book Norbert Straumann presents a pedagogically precise and highly informative account of both the physical and advanced mathematical concepts that a professional working in this field requires. The essential differential geometry background is placed in an extensive part … . the treatment is both physically rigorous and comprehensive. This book ... Read more