Renowned relativist James Hartle's fluent and accessible physics-first introduction to general relativity uses minimal new mathematics and begins with the essential physical applications. This ground-breaking text, reissued by Cambridge University Press, makes this fundamental theory accessible to virtually all physics majors.
Renowned relativist James Hartle's fluent and accessible physics-first introduction to general relativity uses minimal new mathematics and begins with the essential physical applications. This ground-breaking text, reissued by Cambridge University Press, makes this fundamental theory accessible to virtually all physics majors.
James B. Hartle is Professor of Physics at the University of California-Santa Barbara. His scientific work is concerned with the application of Einstein's relativistic theory of gravitation (general relativity) to realistic astrophysical situations, especially cosmology. He has made important contributions to the understanding of gravitational waves, relativistic stars, and black holes. Professor Hartle is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the American Philosophical Society. He is a founder and past director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara. He was awarded the 2009 Einstein Prize of the American Physical Society for his work on gravitational physics.
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List of Boxes Preface Figure credits Part I. Space and Time in Newtonian Physics and Special Relativity: 1. Gravitational physics 2. Geometry as physics 3. Space, time, and gravity in Newtonian physics 4. Principles of special relativity 5. Special relativistic mechanics. Part 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 of general relativity 11. Relativistic gravity in action 12. Gravitational collapse and 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?. Part 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 Appendix A. Units Appendix B. Curvature quantities Appendix C. Curvature and the Einstein equation Appendix D. Pedagogical strategy Bibliography Index.
List of Boxes Preface Figure credits Part I. Space and Time in Newtonian Physics and Special Relativity: 1. Gravitational physics 2. Geometry as physics 3. Space, time, and gravity in Newtonian physics 4. Principles of special relativity 5. Special relativistic mechanics. Part 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 of general relativity 11. Relativistic gravity in action 12. Gravitational collapse and 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?. Part 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 Appendix A. Units Appendix B. Curvature quantities Appendix C. Curvature and the Einstein equation Appendix D. Pedagogical strategy Bibliography Index.
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