General relativistic dynamics extending Einstein's legacy throughout the universe /

Cooperstock, F.

General relativistic dynamics extending Einstein's legacy throughout the universe / [electronic resource] : Fred I. Cooperstock. - Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2009. - ix, 232 p. : ill.

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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General relativity (Physics)
Gravity.
Gravitational fields.
Galaxies.


Electronic books.

QC173.6 / .C67 2009

530.11