General relativistic dynamics [electronic resource] : extending Einstein's legacy throughout the universe / Fred I. Cooperstock.
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TextPublication details: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2009.Description: ix, 232 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification: - 530.11 22
- QC173.6 .C67 2009eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224) and index.
Introduction -- Essentials of special relativity -- Bondi's K-calculus approach to special relativity -- Essentials of general relativity -- Schwarzschild solution and its consequences -- Gravitational waves -- The normal scales of physics and the Planck scale -- General relativistic cosmology -- Motion of stars in the galaxy -- Clusters of galaxies -- Closed timelike curves and time machines -- The direction of physics research -- Summary and concluding commentary.
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