An introduction to general relativity and cosmology / (Record no. 519208)
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| control field | CR9780511617676 |
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| control field | UkCbUP |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20200124160248.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780511617676 (ebook) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9780521856232 (hardback) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9781107407367 (paperback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UkCbUP |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | UkCbUP |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QC173.6 |
| Item number | .P64 2006 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 530.11 |
| Edition number | 22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Plebański, Jerzy, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 13 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | An introduction to general relativity and cosmology / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Jerzy Plebański, Andrzej Krasiński. |
| 246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | An Introduction to General Relativity & Cosmology |
| 264 #1 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R) | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture (R) | Cambridge : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer (R) | Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (xix, 534 pages) : |
| Other physical details | digital, PDF file(s). |
| 336 ## - Content Type (R) | |
| Content type term (R) | text |
| Content type code (R) | txt |
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| Media type term (R) | computer |
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| Carrier type term (R) | online resource |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | How the theory of relativity came into being (a brief historical sketch) -- Part I. Elements of differential geometry. A short sketch of 2-dimensional differential geometry ; Tensors, tensor densities ; Covariant derivatives ; Parallel transport and geodesic lines ; The curvature of a manifold, flat manifolds ; Riemannian geometry ; Symmetries of Riemann spaces, invariance of tensors ; Methods to calculate the curvature quickly : Cartan forms and algebraic computer programs ; The spatially homogeneous Bianchi type spacetimes ; The Petrov classification by the spinor method -- Part II. The theory of gravitation. The Einstein equations and the sources of a gravitational field ; The Maxwell and Einstein : Maxwell equations and the Kaluza-Klein theory ; Spherically symmetric gravitational fields of isolated objects ; Relativistic hydrodynamics and thermodynamics ; Relativistic cosmology I : general geometry ; Relativistic cosmology II : the Robertson-Walker geometry ; Relativistic cosmology III : the Lemaître-Tolman geometry ; Relativistic cosmology IV : generalisations of L-T and related geometries ; The Kerr solution ; Subjects omitted from this book. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | General relativity is a cornerstone of modern physics, and is of major importance in its applications to cosmology. Plebanski and Krasinski are experts in the field and in this 2006 book they provide a thorough introduction to general relativity, guiding the reader through complete derivations of the most important results. Providing coverage from a unique viewpoint, geometrical, physical and astrophysical properties of inhomogeneous cosmological models are all systematically and clearly presented, allowing the reader to follow and verify all derivations. For advanced undergraduates and graduates in physics and astronomy, this textbook will enable students to develop expertise in the mathematical techniques necessary to study general relativity. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | General relativity (Physics) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Quantum cosmology. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Krasiński, Andrzej, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Print version: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780521856232 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511617676">https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511617676</a> |
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