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Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology

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Description

Aimed at advanced undergraduates, this self-contained textbook covers the key ideas of special and general relativity together with their applications. The textbook introduces students to basic geometric concepts, such as metrics, connections and curvature, before examining general relativity in more detail. It shows the observational evidence supporting the theory, and the description general relativity provides of black holes and cosmological space-times. The textbook is in full colour, with numerous worked examples and exercises with solutions. Key points and equations are highlighted for easy identification, and each chapter ends with a summary list of important concepts and results. This textbook provides the essential background for an up-to-date discussion of modern observational cosmology. Each chapter builds on the previous one as concepts are developed, making it ideal for self-study.

* Provides the essential background for an up-to-date discussion of modern observational cosmology
* Each chapter builds on the previous one as concepts are developed, making it ideal for self-study
* Contains worked examples, exercises with solutions, and summary lists of important concepts and results

Contents

1. Special relativity and spacetime
2. Special relativity and physical laws
3. Geometry and curved spacetime
4. General relativity
5. The Schwarzschild solution and black holes
6. Testing general relativity
7. Cosmological solutions
8. Our Universe
Index.