num_pages: 1279
description: This landmark text offers a rigorous full-year graduate level course on gravitation physics, teaching studentsâ€ Grasp the laws of physics in flat spacetimeâ€ Predict orders of magnitudeâ€ Calculate using the principal tools of modern geometryâ€ Predict all levels of precisionâ€ Understand Einstein's geometric framework for physicsâ€ Explore applications, including pulsars and neutron stars, cosmology, the Schwarzschild geometry and gravitational collapse, and gravitational wavesâ€ Probe experimental tests of Einstein's theoryâ€ Tackle advanced topics such as superspace and quantum geometrodynamicsThe book offers a unique, alternating two-track pathway through theâ€ In many chapters, material focusing on basic physical ideas is designated asTrack 1 . These sections together make an appropriate one-term advanced/graduate level course (mathematical vector analysis and simple partial-differential equations). The book is printed to make it easy for readers to identify these sections.â€ The remaining Track 2 material provides a wealth of advanced topics instructors can draw from to flesh out a two-term course, with Track 1 sections serving as prerequisites.
language: English
title: Gravitation
titlecomplete: Gravitation
genres: Reference, Astronomy, Science, Physics, Nonfiction, School, Space, Mathematics, Technical, Textbooks
ratings_count: 1413
publisher: W. H. Freeman