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A first course in general relativity

Title
A first course in general relativity / Bernard F. Schutz.
Author
Schutz, Bernard F.
Publication
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985.

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Description
xiv, 376 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • General relativity (Physics)
  • Astrophysics
  • astrophysics
  • Astrophysics
  • Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie
  • Algemene relativiteitstheorie
  • Relatividade E Gravitacao
  • RELATIVITY
  • ASTROPHYSICS
  • General relativity (Physics) > Textbooks
  • Space and time
  • General relativity (Physics) > Problems, exercises, etc
  • Relativité générale (physique)
  • Astrophysique
  • Relativitetsteori
Genre/Form
Lehrbuch.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [359]-365.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 0521257700
  • 9780521257701
  • 0521277035
  • 9780521277037
LCCN
83023205
OCLC
  • ocm10123456
  • 10123456
  • SCSB-91652
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library