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Gravitation and relativity /
Gravitation and Relativity generalizes Isaac Newton's theory of gravitation using the elementary tools of Albert Einstein's special relativity. Topics covered include gravitational waves, martian electrodynamics, relativistic gravitational fields and gravitational forces, the distortion of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1976.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | International series in natural philosophy ;
v. 86. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Gravitation and Relativity generalizes Isaac Newton's theory of gravitation using the elementary tools of Albert Einstein's special relativity. Topics covered include gravitational waves, martian electrodynamics, relativistic gravitational fields and gravitational forces, the distortion of reference frames, and the precession of the perihelion of Mercury. Black holes and the geometry of spacetime also receive consideration. This book is comprised of 10 chapters; the first of which briefly reviews special relativity, with the emphasis on the Lorentz covariance of the equations of physics. This. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 172 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780080205670 0080205674 9781483151113 1483151115 |