Gravitation and spacetime /
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Author / Creator: | Ohanian, Hans C. |
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Edition: | 3rd ed. |
Imprint: | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. |
Description: | xvi, 528 p. : ill. ; 27 cm |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Gravitation. Space and time. Gravitation. Space and time. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9136421 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 9. Cosmology
- 10. The early universe
- Appendix: variational principle and energy-momentum tensor
- Answers
- Index
- 1. Newton's gravitational theory
- 2. The formalism of special relativity
- 3. The linear approximation
- 4. Applications of the linear approximation
- 5. Gravitational waves
- 6. Riemannian geometry
- 7. Einstein's gravitational theory
- 8. Black holes and gravitational collapse