A Short Course in General Relativity

• Main Authors: Foster, James (Author), Nightingale, J. David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Edition: Third Edition.
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

Suitable for a one-semester course in general relativity for senior undergraduates or beginning graduate students, this text clarifies the mathematical aspects of Einstein's theory of relativity without sacrificing physical understanding. The text begins with an exposition of those aspects of t...

Table of Contents:

• Vector and tensor fields
• The spacetime of general relativity and paths of particles
• Field equations and curvature
• Physics in the vicinity of a massive object
• Gravitational radiation
• Elements of cosmology.