TY - BOOK AU - Cooperstock,F. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - General relativistic dynamics: extending Einstein's legacy throughout the universe AV - QC173.6 .C67 2009 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 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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=477130 ER -