A first course in general relativity
Bernard F. Schutz (Author)
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.
Print Book, English, 1985
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], 1985
Lehrbuch
xiv, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780521257701, 9780521277037, 0521257700, 0521277035
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Preface; 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.