TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hartle,J.B.
TI  - Gravity: an introduction to Einstein's general relativity 
SN  - 0805386629
AV  - QC173.6 .H38 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - San Francisco
PB  - Addison Wesley
KW  - General relativity (Physics)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-567) and index; I. SPACE AND TIME IN NEWTONIAN PHYSICS AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY; 1. Gravitational Physics; 2. Geometry as Physics; 3. Newtonian Physics; 4. Principles of Special Relativity; 5. Special Relativistic Mechanics; II. THE CURVED SPACETIMES OF GENERAL RELATIVITY; 6. Gravity as Geometry; 7. Description of Curved Spacetime; 8. Geodesics; 9. The Geometry Outside a Spherical Star; 10. Solar System Tests; 11. Relativistic Gravity in Action; 12. Black Holes; 13. Astrophysical Black Holes; 14. A Little Rotation; 15. Rotating Black Holes; 16. Gravitational Waves; 17. The Universe Observed; 18. Cosmological Models; 19. Which Universe and Why?; III. THE EINSTEIN EQUATION; 20. A Little More Math; 21. Curvature and the Einstein Equation; 22. The Source of Curvature; 23. Gravitational Wave Emission; 24. Relativistic Stars; APPENDICES; A. Useful Constants; B. Units; C. Curvature Quantities; D. Curvature Program; E. Pedagogical Strategy; Bibliography; Symbols and Abbreviations; Index
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