01883cam a2200289 a 4500991003805199707536200513s1997 enka b 001 0 eng d9780521456852 (pbk.)b14390474-39ule_instBibl. Dip.le Aggr. Matematica e Fisica - Sez. Fisicaeng530.1/120LC QC173.65Tourrenc, Philippe753370Relativity and gravitation /Philippe Tourrenc ; translated by Andrew KingCambridge ;New York :Cambridge University Press,1997xiv, 242 p. :ill. ;26 cmIncludes bibliographical references (p. [234]-236) and indexCh. 1. Kinematics of a point mass -- Ch. 2. Changes of reference system -- Ch. 3. Experiments -- Ch. 4. Dynamics of a particle -- Ch. 5. Mathematical framework -- Ch. 6. The dynamics of continuous media -- Ch. 7. General coordinate systems -- Ch. 1. Newtonian gravitation -- Ch. 2. Metric theories of gravity -- Ch. 3. Tests of metric theories in the Solar System -- Ch. 4. Newtonian cosmology -- Ch. 5. Relativistic cosmology -- Ch. 6. General relativity -- Ch. 7. Applications of Einstein's equations -- Ch. 8. General relativity in the weak field approximation -- Ch. 9. Two experimental projects: a satellite gyroscope and a gravitational wave detector -- App. A. Lagrange's equations -- App. B. Geometric framework of general relativitySpecial relativity (Physics)Relativity (Physics)Cosmology.b1439047415-01-2113-05-20991003805199707536LE006 Fondo Polezzo 327Ex libris Stefano Polezzo12006000184137le006gE55.82-l- 00000.i1594785315-01-21Relativity and gravitation1515504UNISALENTOle00613-05-20ma engenk00