From Copernicus to Lambda-CDM /

From Copernicus to Lambda-CDM /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Matsinos, E. (Evangelos), author.
Imprint:	Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., [2017] ©2017
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Physics research and technology
Subject:	Gravitation. Calculus of tensors. Geometry, Differential. Special relativity (Physics) General relativity (Physics) Calculus of tensors. General relativity (Physics) Geometry, Differential. Gravitation. Special relativity (Physics)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11677410

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ISBN:	9781536120554 1536120553 9781536120349
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Matsinos, E. (Evangelos). From Copernicus to Lambda-CDM. Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., [2017] 9781536120349

Table of Contents:

Introduction to the tensor calculus
Rudiments of the differential geometry
Physics before Einstein: classical mechanics and electromagnetism
Physics before Einstein: the 2-body planetary-motion problem
The special theory of relativity
The general theory of relativity
The Schwarzschild metric
The Kerr-Newman metric
Cosmology
The first three minutes: revisited.