Cheng, Ta-Pei, <br/><br/>
Relativity, gravitation and cosmology :  a basic introduction / 
Ta-Pei Cheng. 
 - Second edition. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  (c)2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 435 pages) :  illustrations. 
 - Oxford master series in particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology Oxford master series in physics ;  11 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>I. Preliminaries --  1. Introduction and Overview --  2. Special relativity: the basics --  II. Relativity --  Metric Description of Spacetime --  3. Special relativity: the geometric formulation --  4. Principle of equivalence --  5. Metric description of a curved space --  6. GR as a geometric theory of gravity --  I --  7. Spherically symmetric spacetime --  GR tests --  8. Black holes --  III. Cosmology --  9. Homogeneous and isotropic universe --  10. Expanding universe and thermal relics --  11. Inflation and the accelerating universe --  IV. Relativity --  Full Tensor Formulation --  12. Tensors in special relativity --  13. Tensors in general relativity --  14. GR as a geometric theory of gravity --  II --  15. Linearized theory and gravitational waves --  Physical constants. 
<br/><br/> An introduction to Einstein's general theory of relativity, this work is structured so that interesting applications, such as gravitational lensing, black holes and cosmology, can be presented without the readers having to first learn the difficult mathematics of tensor calculus. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780191574429 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>General relativity (Physics)--Textbooks.<br/>Space and time.<br/>Gravity.<br/>Cosmology.<br/>Cosmology.<br/>General relativity (Physics)--Textbooks.<br/>Gravity.<br/>Space and time.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC173  / .R453 2010