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

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Main Author: Cooperstock, F. (Fred)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2009.
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Table of 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.