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General relativistic dynamics [Book] : extending Einstein's legacy throughout the universe / Fred I. Cooperstock.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2009.Description: ix, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9814271160 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9789814271165 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.11 22
Other classification:
  • 530.11
Contents:
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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Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 530.11 COO-G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 36278
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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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