General Relativity by I R Kenyon
General relativity is discussed in this book at a level appropriate to undergraduate students of physics and astronomy. It describes concepts and experimental results, and provides a succinct account of formalism. A brief review of special relativity is followed by a discussion of the equivalence principle and its implications. Other topics covered include concepts of curvature and the Schwarzschild metric, tests of the general theory, black holes and their properties, gravitational radiation and methods for its detection, the impact of general relativity on cosmology, and the continuing search for a quantum theory of gravity. The book also contains a set of worked examples, background appendices, and an annotated bibliography.
I would recommend all physics and astronomy lecturers to take a look at this bookI bet they will want to use it. * The Observatory *
Ian Kenyon has been a Research Associate at Oxford University, Northwestern University and Brookhaven National Laboratory, and subsequently Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader at Birmingham University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198519966 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198519966 |
| Title | General Relativity |
| Author | I R Kenyon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1990-08-02 |
| Number of pages | 244 |
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