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Einstein'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.

Mathematical accessibility, together with the various pedagogical devices (e.g., worked-out solutions of chapter-end problems), make it practical for interested readers to use the book to study general relativity and cosmology on their own.

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  • Title Relativity Gravit Cosmol 2e Omsp P
  • Author Cheng
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 2nd
  • Edition 2
  • Pages 456
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press (UK)
  • Publication date 2010-01-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780199573646 / 0199573646
  • Weight 2.25 lbs (1.02 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.6 x 7.3 x 0.9 in (24.38 x 18.54 x 2.29 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Cosmology, Space and time
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009035790
  • Dewey Decimal Code 530.11

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  • Scitech Book News, 03/01/2010, Page 33

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Ta-Pei Cheng is currently Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. He took his Ph.D. at Rockefeller University in 1969, followed by post-doctoral study at Rockefeller University and at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton). He has been on the faculty of University of Missouri - St. Louis from 1973 to the present day, and was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1982.
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