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Author Chow, Tai L.

Title Gravity, black holes, and the very early universe : an introduction to general relativity and cosmology / Tai L. Chow.

Imprint New York : Springer, 2008.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  523.1 C459g 2008    ---  Available
Description xv, 280 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Basic ideas of general relativity -- Curvilinear coordinates and general tensors -- Einstein's law of gravitation -- The Schwarzschild solution -- Experimental tests of Einstein's theory -- The physics of black holes -- Introduction to cosmology -- Big bang models -- Particles, forces, and unification of forces -- The inflationary universe -- The physics of the very early universe -- Classical mechanics -- The special theory of relativity.
Subject Gravitation.
General relativity (Physics)
Black holes (Astronomy)
Quantum field theory.
Cosmology.
ISBN 0387736298
9780387736297
9780387736310 (e-ISBN)
038773631X (e-ISBN)

 
    
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