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.
| ISBN | 0321512863 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9780321512864
(What's this?) | | Pages | 400 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Published in | New Jersey | | Imprint | Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc | | Previous ISBN | 9780201384239 | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 254 | | Publication date | 18 Dec 2015 | | Width (mm) | 216 | | DEWEY | 530.11 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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1. Speeding (Review of Special Relativity) 2. Curving (Spacetime Near a Non-Rotating Black Hole) Project A: The Global Positioning System 3. Plunging (Diving Toward a Black Hole) Project B: Inside The Black Hole 4. Orbiting (Zooming Around a Black Hole) Project C: Advance of Mercury's Perihelion 5. Seeing (Bending and Orbiting Light) Project D: Einstein Rings Project E: Light Slowed Near Sun Project F: The Spinning Black Hole Project G: The Friedmann Universe Appendix A: Readings in General Relativity Appendix B: Glossaries of Symbols and Terms Appendix C: Selected Formulas Appendix D: Selected Physical Constants
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