A First Course in General Relativity
Abstract
Preface; 1. Fundamental principles of special relativity; 2. Vector analysis in special relativity; 3. Tensor analysis in special relativity; 4. Perfect fluids in special relativity; 5. Preface to curvature; 6. Curved manifolds; 7. Physics in a curved spacetime; 8. The Einstein field equations; 9. Gravitational radiation; 10. Spherical solutions for stars; 11. Schwarzschild geometry and black holes; 12. Cosmology; References; Index.
- Publication:
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A First Course in General Relativity by Bernard Schutz. Cambridge University Press
- Pub Date:
- May 2009
- Bibcode:
- 2009fcgr.book.....S