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020			_a9781139174213 (ebook)
020			_z9780521453127 (hardback)
020			_z9780521459303 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC173.6 _b.H35 1999
082	0	0	_a530.11 _221
100	1		_aHakim, Rémi, _d1936- _eauthor.
245	1	3	_aAn introduction to relativistic gravitation / _cRémi Hakim.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1999.
300			_a1 online resource (ix, 271 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).
520			_aThis is an introductory textbook on applications of general relativity to astrophysics and cosmology. The aim is to provide graduate students with a toolkit for understanding astronomical phenomena that involve velocities close to that of light or intense gravitational fields. The approach taken is first to give the reader a thorough grounding in special relativity, with space-time the central concept, following which general relativity presents few conceptual difficulties. Examples of relativistic gravitation in action are drawn from the astrophysical domain. The book can be read on two levels: first as an introductory fast-track course, and then as a detailed course reinforced by problems which illuminate technical examples. The book has extensive links to the literature of relativistic astrophysics and cosmology.
650		0	_aGeneral relativity (Physics)
650		0	_aAstrophysics.
650		0	_aCosmology.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521453127
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139174213
999			_c520523 _d520521