Title Gravity, a Geometrical Course : Volume 1: Development of the Theory and Basic Physical Applications Author(s) Fr??, Pietro Giuseppe Publication Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2013. Description XVIII, 338 p : online resource Abstract Note ???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 is divided in two volumes.???? Volume One is dedicated to the development of the theory and basic physical applications. It guides the reader from the foundation of special relativity to Einstein field equations, illustrating some basic applications in astrophysics. A detailed?? account ??of the historical and conceptual development of the theory is combined with the presentation of its mathematical foundations.?? Differentiable manifolds, fibre-bundles, differential forms, and the theory of connections are covered, with a sketchy introduction to homology and cohomology. (Pseudo)-Riemannian geometry is presented both in the metric and in the vielbein approach. Physical applications include the motions in a Schwarzschild field leading to the classical tests of GR (light-ray bending and periastron advance) discussion of relativistic stellar equilibrium, white dwarfs, Chandrasekhar mass limit and polytropes. An entire chapter is devoted to tests of GR and to the indirect evidence of gravitational wave emission. The formal structure of gravitational theory is at all stages compared with that of non gravitational gauge theories, as a preparation to its modern extension, namely supergravity, discussed in the second volume.?? Pietro Fr?? is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Torino, Italy. He has taught General Relativity for 15 years ISBN,Price 9789400753617 Keyword(s) 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory 2. COSMOLOGY 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. GRAVITATION 6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics 7. Mathematical Methods in Physics 8. PHYSICS 9. Quantum Field Theories, String Theory 10. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY 11. STRING THEORY Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I08228     On Shelf