Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity
- ISBN-10
- 0321512863
- ISBN-13
- 9780321512864
- Series
- Exploring Black Holes
- Category
- Black holes (Astronomy)
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Authors
- John Archibald Wheeler, Edwin F. Taylor, Edmund William Bertschinger
Description
This unique book offers a concise, introductory overview of general relativity and black holes, motivating students to become active participants in carrying out their own investigations. To this end, the book uses calculus and algebra, rather than tensors, to make general relativity accessible to sophomores and juniors. Five chapters introduce basic concepts, and seven projects require the reader to apply these basic concepts to real astronomical applications.
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Other editions
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- 2000
- 352 pages
- Paperback
- Addison Wesley Longman
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