Gravitation and Cosmology Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity
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Biographical note
Steven Weinberg ForMemRS is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his contributions with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow to the unification of the weak force and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles.
A leading physicist delves into relativity and experimental applications
Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity offers a Nobel laureate's perspectives on the wealth of data technological developments have brought to expand upon Einstein's theory. Unique in basing relativity on the Principle of Equivalence of Gravitation and Inertia over Riemannian geometry, this book explores relativity experiments and observational cosmology to provide a sound foundation upon which analyses can be made. Covering special and general relativity, tensor analysis, gravitation, curvature, and more, this book provides an engaging, insightful introduction to the forces that shape the universe.
Preface
Notation
Copy Right Acknowledgements
Part 1 Part One Preliminaries
Part 2 Part Two The General Theory of Relativity
Part 3 Part Three Applications of General Relativity
Part 4 Part Four Formal Developments
Part 5 Part Five Cosmology
Appendix Some Useful Numbers 635
Index 641
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Steven Weinberg ForMemRS is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his contributions with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow to the unification of the weak force and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles.