TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stephani,Hans
AU  - Stephani,Hans
TI  - Relativity: an introduction to special and general relativity 
SN  - 9780511616532 (ebook)
AV  - QC17 .S7413 2004
U1  - 530.11 21
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Gravitational fields
KW  - General relativity (Physics)
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - Thoroughly revised and updated, this textbook provides a pedagogical introduction to relativity. It is self-contained, but the reader is expected to have a basic knowledge of theoretical mechanics and electrodynamics. It covers the most important features of both special and general relativity, as well as touching on more difficult topics, such as the field of charged pole-dipole particles, the Petrov classification, groups of motions, gravitational lenses, exact solutions and the structure of infinity. The necessary mathematical tools (tensor calculus, Riemannian geometry) are provided, most of the derivations are given in full, and exercises are included where appropriate. Written as a textbook for undergraduate and introductory graduate courses, it will also be of use to researchers working in the field. The bibliography gives the original papers and directs the reader to useful monographs and review papers
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511616532
ER  -