• See large image

  A First Course in General Relativity (Hardback) By (author) Bernard F. Schutz

  

  $48.98 - Save $26.02 34% off - RRP $75.00 Free shipping worldwide (to United States and
  all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours Add to basket | Add to wishlist |

  Short Description for A First Course in General RelativitySecond edition of a widely-used textbook providing the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with minimal mathematical background.
  Full description

  • Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 01 July 2009
  • Format: Hardback 410 pages
  • See: Full bibliographic data
  • Categories: Cosmology & The Universe | Relativity Physics | Astrophysics
  • ISBN 13: 9780521887052 ISBN 10: 0521887054
  • Sales rank: 67,198

• Gravitation

  

  Add to basket $139.76 - Save $31.24 (18%) - RRP $171.00

• Spacetime and Geometry

  

  Add to basket $99.19 - Save $38.14 27% off - RRP $137.33

• Mechanics

  

  Add to basket $46.30 - Save $10.65 (18%) - RRP $56.95

• Gravity from the Ground Up

  

  Add to basket $76.70 - Save $13.30 (14%) - RRP $90.00

• Probing the Nature of Gravity

  

  Add to basket $177.34 - Save $51.66 22% off - RRP $229.00

Full description for A First Course in General Relativity

• Clarity, readability and rigor combine in the second edition of this widely-used textbook to provide the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with a minimal background in mathematics. Topics within relativity that fascinate astrophysical researchers and students alike are covered with Schutz's characteristic ease and authority - from black holes to gravitational lenses, from pulsars to the study of the Universe as a whole. This edition now contains discoveries by astronomers that require general relativity for their explanation; a revised chapter on relativistic stars, including new information on pulsars; an entirely rewritten chapter on cosmology; and an extended, comprehensive treatment of modern detectors and expected sources. Over 300 exercises, many new to this edition, give students the confidence to work with general relativity and the necessary mathematics, whilst the informal writing style makes the subject matter easily accessible. Password protected solutions for instructors are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521887052.