Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
General Relativity : A Geometric Approach, PDF eBook

General Relativity : A Geometric Approach PDF

PDF

Download - Immediately Available
Please note: eBooks can only be purchased with a UK issued credit card and all our eBooks (ePub and PDF) are DRM protected.

Description

Starting with the idea of an event and finishing with a description of the standard big-bang model of the Universe, this textbook provides a clear and concise introduction to the theory of general relativity, suitable for final-year undergraduate mathematics or physics students.

Throughout, the emphasis is on the geometric structure of spacetime, rather than the traditional coordinate-dependent approach.

Topics covered include flat spacetime (special relativity), Maxwell fields, the energy-momentum tensor, spacetime curvature and gravity, Schwarzschild and Kerr spacetimes, black holes and singularities, and cosmology.

All physical assumptions are clearly spelled out and the necessary mathematics is developed along with the physics.

Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter and key ideas are illustrated with worked examples.

Solutions and hints to selected problems are provided at the end of the book.

This textbook will enable the student to develop a sound understanding of the theory of general relativity.

Information

Save 15%

£50.99

£43.34

Download - Immediately Available
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Delivered to your inbox

to transfer to your device

eBook Help

Is this the right eBook for
my device? How do I download
this eBook? See help and FAQs pages

Information