Editor's Pick: Lectures On Gravitation

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Title: Lectures On Gravitation

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LECTURES ON GRAVITATION
by Ashok Das (University of Rochester, USA & Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India)

352pp
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Table of Contents (45k)
Preface (55k)
Chapter 1: Basics of geometry and relativity (285k)

This book is a compilation of the lectures for a one-semester course on gravitation at the University of Rochester. Starting from a simple description of geometry, the topics are systematically developed to the big bang theory with a simple derivation of the cosmic background temperature. Several informative examples are worked out in detail as well.

Contents:

• Basics of Geometry and Relativity
• Relativistic Dynamics
• Principle of General Covariance
• Affine Connection and Covariant Derivative
• Geodesic Equation
• Applications of the Geodesic Equation
• Curvature Tensor and Einstein's Equation
• Schwarzschild Solution
• Tests of General Relativity
• Black Holes
• Cosmological Models and the Big Bang Theory

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