Gravity, a geometrical course Volume 1 Development of the theory and basic physical applications Pietro Giuseppe Fre

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frè, P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gravity.

Mechanics.

Gravitation.

mechanics (physics).

Medical Subjects:

Gravitation.

Mechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Development of the theory and basic physical applications

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht New York Springer 2013

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Gravity, a Geometrical Course' presents general relativity (GR) in a systematic and exhaustive way, covering three aspects that are homogenized into a single texture: i) the mathematical, geometrical foundations, exposed in a self consistent contemporary formalism, ii) the main physical, astrophysical and cosmological applications, updated to the issues of contemporary research and observations, with glimpses on supergravity and superstring theory, iii) the historical development of scientific ideas underlying both the birth of general relativity and its subsequent evolution. The book, divid

Contents:

Acknowledgement

Preface

Special Relativity: setting the stage.- Manifolds and fibre bundles

Connections and Metrics

Motion in the Schwarzschild Field

Einstein versus Yang Mills Field Equations

Stellar Equilibrium

Gravitational Waves and the Binary Pulsars

Conclusion of volume 1

Appendix A: Spinors and Gamma Matrix Algebra

Appendix B: Mathematica Packages

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Other Format:

Print version Fre, Pietro Giuseppe. Gravity, a geometrical course

ISBN:

9789400753617

9400753616

OCLC:

820818691

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