Author : Jerzy Plebanski
Release : 2012-09-13
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 367/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis An Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology by : Jerzy Plebanski
Download or read book An Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology written by Jerzy Plebanski. This book was released on 2012-09-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General relativity is a cornerstone of modern physics, and is of major importance in its applications to cosmology. Plebanski and Krasinski are experts in the field and provide a thorough introduction to general relativity, guiding the reader through complete derivations of the most important results. Providing coverage from a unique viewpoint, geometrical, physical and astrophysical properties of inhomogeneous cosmological models are all systematically and clearly presented, allowing the reader to follow and verify all derivations. Many topics are included that are not found in other textbooks.