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005			20240726105433.0
008			131029s2010 enka ob 001 0 eng d
040			_aNT _beng _erda _epn _cNT _dUBY _dKSU _dIDEBK _dCUS _dYDXCP _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dEBLCP _dOCLCQ _dDEBSZ
020			_a9780191574429 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aQC173 _b.R453 2010
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aCheng, Ta-Pei, _e1
245	1	0	_aRelativity, gravitation and cosmology : _ba basic introduction / _cTa-Pei Cheng.
250			_aSecond edition.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c(c)2010.
300			_a1 online resource (xiii, 435 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aOxford master series in particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology
490	1		_aOxford master series in physics ; _v11
504			_a2
505	0	0	_aI. Preliminaries -- _t1. Introduction and Overview -- _t2. Special relativity: the basics -- _tII. Relativity -- _tMetric Description of Spacetime -- _t3. Special relativity: the geometric formulation -- _t4. Principle of equivalence -- _t5. Metric description of a curved space -- _t6. GR as a geometric theory of gravity -- _tI -- _t7. Spherically symmetric spacetime -- _tGR tests -- _t8. Black holes -- _tIII. Cosmology -- _t9. Homogeneous and isotropic universe -- _t10. Expanding universe and thermal relics -- _t11. Inflation and the accelerating universe -- _tIV. Relativity -- _tFull Tensor Formulation -- _t12. Tensors in special relativity -- _t13. Tensors in general relativity -- _t14. GR as a geometric theory of gravity -- _tII -- _t15. Linearized theory and gravitational waves -- _tPhysical constants.
520	8		_aAn 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.
530			_a2 _ub
650		0	_aGeneral relativity (Physics) _vTextbooks.
650		0	_aSpace and time.
650		0	_aGravity.
650		0	_aCosmology.
650		4	_aCosmology.
650		4	_aGeneral relativity (Physics) _xTextbooks.
650		4	_aGravity.
650		4	_aSpace and time.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=655421&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell