TY - BOOK AU - Cooperstock,F. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - General relativistic dynamics: extending Einstein's legacy throughout the universe AV - QC173.6 .C67 2009eb U1 - 530.11 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Singapore, Hackensack, NJ PB - World Scientific KW - General relativity (Physics) KW - Gravity KW - Gravitational fields KW - Galaxies KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10361404 ER -