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Gravitation and Inertia /
Einstein's standard and battle-tested geometric theory of gravity--spacetime tells mass how to move and mass tells spacetime how to curve--is expounded in this book by Ignazio Ciufolini and John Wheeler. They give special attention to the theory's observational checks and to two of its con...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Princeton Series in Physics ;
101 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Main Topics
- 1. A First Tour
- 2. Einstein Geometrodynamics
- 3. Tests of Einstein Geometrodynamics
- 4. Cosmology, Standard Models, and Homogeneous Rotating Models
- 5. The Initial-Value Problem in Einstein Geometrodynamics
- 6. The Gravitomagnetic Field and Its Measurement
- 7. Some Highlights of the Past and a Summary of Geometrodynamics and Inertia
- Mathematical Appendix
- Symbols and Notations
- Author Index
- Subject Index of Mathematical Appendix
- Subject Index
- Fundamental and Astronomical Constants and Units
- Planets