General Relativity And Cosmology For The 21st Century (With Cd-rom)
Will be published approx. on 28. February 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-78326-575-6 (ISBN)
Description
The textbook aims to present general relativity and modern cosmology in a friendly form suitable for advanced undergraduates. The text begins with a self-contained introduction to the theory of manifolds and then develops the tools needed to understand curved spaces and curved spacetimes. Special relativity can then be understood in a geometrical context, bypassing some of the difficulties students have when encountering relativistic effects (e.g. time dilation and length contraction) for the first time. The theory of curvature and its effects leads to the Einstein field equations and its classic tests in the precession of Mercury and the deflection of starlight.The second part of the book covers modern cosmology, starting with the evolution equations for the expansion of the universe. The microwave background, evidence for dark matter, and the clustering of galaxies are examined in detail.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-78326-575-6 (9781783265756)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Manifolds, Vectors, and Gradients; Tensors and Metrics; Special Relativity; The Equivalence Principle; Covariant Derivatives; The Einstein Field Equations; Orbits; Cosmological Models; The Expanding Universe; The Thermal History of the Universe; Galaxy Formation; The Cosmic Microwave Background; Evidence for Dark Matter;