General Relativity

• Main Author: Straumann, Norbert (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2013.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Gravitation.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Mathematical Physics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

This book provides a completely revised and expanded version of the previous classic edition ‘General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics’. In Part I the foundations of general relativity are thoroughly developed, while Part II is devoted to tests of general relativity and many of its applicati...