Relativity : an introduction to special and general relativity /

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Author / Creator:Stephani, Hans.
Uniform title:Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie. English
Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Description:xx, 396 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5141901
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Other uniform titles:Stephani, Hans. Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie. English.
ISBN:0521811856
0521010691 (pb.)
Notes:Rev. ed. of: General relativity. 2nd ed. 1990.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-391) and index.

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