Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology - A Basic Introduction

Zusatztext Review from previous edition This is a great time to have published a fresh new undergraduate text on relativity and cosmology...this is an excellent textbook which this reviewer would rate as the text of choice for a course on relativity and cosmology aimed at physics and astronomy undergraduates. Informationen zum Autor Ta-Pei Cheng is currently Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. He took his Ph.D. at Rockefeller University in 1969, followed by post-doctoral study at Rockefeller University and at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton). He has been on the faculty of University of Missouri - St. Louis from 1973 to the present day, and was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1982. Klappentext This book provides an introduction to Einstein's general theory of relativity. A "physics-first" approach is adopted so that interesting applications come before the more difficult task of solving the Einstein equation. The book includes extensive coverage of cosmology, and is designed to allow readers to study the subject alone. Zusammenfassung This book provides an introduction to Einstein's general theory of relativity. A "physics-first" approach is adopted so that interesting applications come before the more difficult task of solving the Einstein equation. The book includes extensive coverage of cosmology, and is designed to allow readers to study the subject alone.

Product details

• Authors: Ta-Pei Cheng, Cheng Ta-Pei
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.01.2010
• EAN: 9780199573639
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957363-9
• No. of pages: 456
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 255 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Oxford Master Series in Physics; Print On Demand; Print on demand; Oxford Master Series in Physics; OXFORD MASTER SERIES IN PHYSIC
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Astrophysics, Gravity, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity, Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, Relativity physics, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology, SCIENCE / Physics / Gravity