Relativity and gravitation / Philippe Tourrenc ; translated by Andrew King
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| Autore: |
Tourrenc, Philippe
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| Titolo: |
Relativity and gravitation / Philippe Tourrenc ; translated by Andrew King
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica: | xiv, 242 p. : ill. ; 26 cm |
| Disciplina: | 530.1/1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Special relativity (Physics) |
| Relativity (Physics) | |
| Cosmology | |
| Classificazione: | LC QC173.65 |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-236) and index |
| Nota di contenuto: | Ch. 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 relativity |
| ISBN: | 9780521456852 (pbk.) |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 991003805199707536 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. del Salento |
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