Gravitation
- ISBN-10
- 1498746640
- ISBN-13
- 9781498746649
- Series
- Gravitation
- Pages
- 396
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-10-25
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Author
- A. R. Prasanna
Description
This book suitable for post graduates in Physics and Astrophysics aims at introducing the theory of general relativity as an important background for doing astrophysics. Starting from a detailed discussion of the various mathematical concepts for doing general relativity, the book introduces the geometric description of gravity. It gives a brief historical perspective to classical mechanics and electrodynamics making an attempt to establish the necessity of special relativity as propounded by Einstein extending to General Relativity. This book is a good starting point for post graduates wanting to pursue the modern topics of Cosmology, High energy astrophysics and related areas.
