General relativistic dynamics : extending Einstein's legacy throughout the universe / / Fred I. Cooperstock.
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 232 p. :; ill. |
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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.