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Gravitation:

Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, John Archibald Wheeler
Frontcover
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W. H. Freeman, 15.09.1973 - 1279 Seiten
This landmark text offers a rigorous full-year graduate level course on gravitation physics, teaching students to:
• Grasp the laws of physics in flat spacetime
• Predict orders of magnitude
• Calculate using the principal tools of modern geometry
• Predict all levels of precision
• Understand Einstein's geometric framework for physics
• Explore applications, including pulsars and neutron stars, cosmology, the Schwarzschild geometry and gravitational collapse, and gravitational waves
• Probe experimental tests of Einstein's theory
• Tackle advanced topics such as superspace and quantum geometrodynamics

The book offers a unique, alternating two-track pathway through the subject:
• In many chapters, material focusing on basic physical ideas is designated as
Track 1. These sections together make an appropriate one-term advanced/graduate level course (mathematical prerequisites: vector analysis and simple partial-differential equations). The book is printed to make it easy for readers to identify these sections.
• The remaining Track 2 material provides a wealth of advanced topics instructors can draw from to flesh out a two-term course, with Track 1 sections serving as prerequisites.

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Review: Gravitation

Nutzerbericht  - Ron Banister - Goodreads

Still working through the Tensor Calculus!! LOL Vollständige Rezension lesen

Review: Gravitation

Nutzerbericht - Goodreads

Ok, I actually only read a few chapters of it. But it is way cool

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John Archibald Wheeler currently holds an emeritus professorship at Princeton University, where he spent most of his career.

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