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Introduction to general relativity, black holes, and cosmology / Yvonne Choquet-Bruha and Thibault Damour.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.Description: xx, 279 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199666454 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.11 23 C549
Contents:
I. Riemannian and Lorentzian geometry -- II. Special relativity -- III. General relativity -- IV. The Einstein equations -- V. The Schwarzschild spacetime -- VI. Black holes -- VII. Introduction to cosmology -- VIII. General Einsteinian spacetimes -- IX. Relativistic fluids -- X. Relativistic kinetic theory-- References-- Index.
Summary: This book is written for mathematics students interested in physics and physics students interested in exact mathematical formulations (or for anyone with a scientific mind who is curious to know more of the world we live in), recent remarkable experimental and observational results which confirm the theory are clearly described and no specialised physics knowledge is required. The mathematical level of Part A is aimed at undergraduate students and could be the basis for a course on General Relativity. Part B is more advanced, but still does not require sophisticated mathematics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Riemannian and Lorentzian geometry --
II. Special relativity --
III. General relativity --
IV. The Einstein equations --
V. The Schwarzschild spacetime --
VI. Black holes --
VII. Introduction to cosmology --
VIII. General Einsteinian spacetimes --
IX. Relativistic fluids --
X. Relativistic kinetic theory--
References--
Index.

This book is written for mathematics students interested in physics and physics students interested in exact mathematical formulations (or for anyone with a scientific mind who is curious to know more of the world we live in), recent remarkable experimental and observational results which confirm the theory are clearly described and no specialised physics knowledge is required. The mathematical level of Part A is aimed at undergraduate students and could be the basis for a course on General Relativity. Part B is more advanced, but still does not require sophisticated mathematics.

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