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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155107903321

Autore

Prasanna A. R.

Titolo

Gravitation / / A.R. Prasanna

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-315-35166-8

1-315-36870-6

1-4987-4665-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (424 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

521/.1

Soggetti

Gravitation

General relativity (Physics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mathematical preliminaries -- Pre relativity physics -- Special relativity -- General relativity -- Exact solutions and applications -- Astrophysical applications -- Accretion dynamics -- Inertial forces in general relativity -- Gravity as a gauge theory.

Sommario/riassunto

This book suitable for post graduates in Physics and Astrophysics aims at introducing the theory of general relativity as an important background for doing astrophysics. Starting from a detailed discussion of the various mathematical concepts for doing general relativity, the book introduces the geometric description of gravity. It gives a brief historical perspective to classical mechanics and electrodynamics making an attempt to establish the necessity of special relativity as propounded by Einstein extending to General Relativity. This book is a good starting point for post graduates wanting to pursue the modern topics of Cosmology, High energy astrophysics and related areas--