Lecture notes on the general theory of relativity: from Newton’s attractive gravity to the repulsive gravity of vacuum energy

This book is the result of more than twenty years of lecturing a master course on the General Theory of Relativity at the University of Oslo, Norway, by Dr. Øyvind Grøn. The text has been continuously updated by Dr. Grøn and is written so students can follow the deductions all the way throughout the book. The conceptual content of the general theory of relativity is presented briefly but reasonably and completely. Both bachelor students and master students will find the text useful as the manuscript is organized to easily find the topics one wants to read about, with separate lists of contents, figures, definitions,examples, and an index. Text is a brief yet complete introduction to general relativity, continuously revised so that the lectures and the text should are as up to date as possible The ideal student book for a course in general relativity, written by an author who has been complimented in several book reviews for writing comprehensive texts on general relativity Suited for self study ofgeneral relativity and is an understandable and comprehensive text on the subject INDICE: Newton’s law of universal gravitation.- The special theory of relativity.- Vectors, tensors and forms.- Rotating and accelerated reference frames.- Covariant differentiation.- Curvature.- Einstein’s field equations.- The Schwarschild spacetime.- Black holes.- Schwarzschild’s interior solution.- Cosmology.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-88133-1
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 265
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés