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Author:   Wolfgang Rindler (Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Dallas)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.791kg
ISBN:  

9780198567318

ISBN 10:   0198567316
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   06 April 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: From absolute space and time to influenceable spacetime: an overview Part I: Special Relativity 2: Foundations of special relativity; the Lorentz transformation 3: Relativistic kinematics 4: Relativistic optics 5: Spacetime and four-vectors 6: Relativistic particle mechanics 7: Four-tensors; electromagnetism in vacuum Part II: General Relativity 8: Curved spaces and the basic ideas of general relativity 9: Static and stationary spacetimes 10: Geodesics, curvature tensor, and vacuum field equations 11: The Schwarzschild metric 12: Black holes and Kruskal space 13: An exact plane gravitational wave 14: The full field equations; de Sitter space 15: Linearized general relativity Part III: Cosmology 16: Cosmological spacetimes 17: Light propagation in FRW universes 18: Dynamics of FRW universes

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The appearance of a book by W. Rindler is always good news even if it is the second edition of his well received textbook on Einstein's relativity theories ... Rindler's is an excellent book, best for relativists and (university) teachers, very good for advanced graduate students... Hubert Goenner, General Relativity and Gravitation

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Professor Wolfgang Rindler Department of Physics The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 75083-0688 USA

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