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020			_a9780199573646
082			_a530.11 _bChe
100			_aCheng, Ta-Pei
245			_aRelativity, Gravitation And Cosmology _b: A Basic Introduction
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aOxford _bOxford University Press _c2010
300			_axiii;435 _b9.5x7 _cpb
440			_aOxford Master Series In Practice Physics, Astrophysics And Cosmology
520			_aEinstein's general theory of relativity is introduced in this advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level textbook. Topics include special relativity, in the formalism of Minkowski's four-dimensional space-time, the principle of equivalence, Riemannian geometry and tensor analysis, Einstein field equation, as well as many modern cosmological subjects, from primordial inflation and cosmic microwave anisotropy to the dark energy that propels an accelerating universe. The author presents the subject with an emphasis on physical examples and simple applications without the full tensor apparatus. The reader first learns how to describe curved spacetime. At this mathematically more accessible level, the reader can already study the many interesting phenomena such as gravitational lensing, precession of Mercury's perihelion, black holes, and cosmology. The full tensor formulation is presented later, when the Einstein equation is solved for a few symmetric cases. Many modern topics in cosmology are discussed in this book: from inflation, cosmic microwave anisotropy to the "dark energy" that propels an accelerating universe.
546			_aENG
650			_aGeneral relativity (Physics)-Textbooks
650			_aSpace and time
650			_aGravity
650			_aCosmology
942			_cBK
999			_c74242 _d74242