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050	0	0	_aQC173.6 _b.P64 2006
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100	1		_aPlebański, Jerzy, _eauthor.
245	1	3	_aAn introduction to general relativity and cosmology / _cJerzy Plebański, Andrzej Krasiński.
246	3		_aAn Introduction to General Relativity & Cosmology
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2006.
300			_a1 online resource (xix, 534 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aHow 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			_aGeneral 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	_aGeneral relativity (Physics)
650		0	_aQuantum cosmology.
700	1		_aKrasiński, Andrzej, _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521856232
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511617676
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