Relativistic astrophysics and cosmology
Subtitle: a primer
By: Peter Hoyng.
Series: Astronomy and astrophysics library
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781402045219
Subjects: Relativistic astrophysics; Cosmology
Description: "This book offers a succinct and self-contained treatment of general relativity and its application to neutron stars, black holes, gravitational waves and cosmology, at an intermediate level. The required mathematical concepts are introduced informally, following geometrical intuition as much as possible. The approach is theoretical, but there is ample discussion of observational aspects and instrumental issues where appropriate."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-273) and index.