| |
| |
Click the serial number on the left to view the details of the item. |
| # |
Author | Title | Accn# | Year | Item Type | Claims |
| 1 |
Ta-Pei Cheng |
College course on relativity and cosmology |
026049 |
2015 |
Book |
|
|
|
|
1.
|  |
| Title | College course on relativity and cosmology |
| Author(s) | Ta-Pei Cheng |
| Publication | Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015. |
| Description | xii, 292p. |
| Abstract Note | This advanced undergraduate text introduces Einstein's general theory of relativity. The topics covered include geometric formulation of special relativity, the principle of equivalence, Einstein's field equation and its spherical-symmetric solution, as well as cosmology. An emphasis is placed on physical examples and simple applications without the full tensor apparatus. It begins by examining the physics of the equivalence principle and looks at how it inspired Einstein's idea of curved spacetime as the gravitational field. At a more mathematically accessible level, it provides a metric description of a warped space, allowing the reader to study many interesting phenomena such as gravitational time dilation, GPS operation, light deflection, precession of Mercury's perihelion, and black holes. Numerous modern topics in cosmology are discussed from primordial inflation and cosmic microwave background to the dark energy that propels an accelerating universe. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780199693412 : UKP 27.95(PB) |
| Classification | 530.12:524.8
|
| Keyword(s) | 1. EINSTEIN'S FIELD EQUATIONS
2. GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
3. PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE
4. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
5. SSPHERICALLY SYMMETRIC
|
| Item Type | Book |
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| 026049 |
|
530.12:524.8/CHE/026049 |
On Shelf |
|
|
|
+Copy Specific Information | |