Gravity, Black Holes, and the Very Early Universe – An Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology Tai L Chow (Springer 2008 284s)

Tai L. Chow0387736298, 978-0-387-73629-7, 978-0-387-73631-0

Table of contents :
About the Author……Page 12
Preface……Page 9
Contents……Page 4
Basic Ideas of General Relativity……Page 13
Curvilinear Coordinates and General Tensors……Page 30
Einstein’s Law of Gravitation……Page 56
The Schwarzschild Solution……Page 66
Experimental Tests of Einstein’s Theory……Page 75
The Physics of Black Holes……Page 91
Introduction to Cosmology……Page 120
Big Bang Models……Page 141
Particles, Forces, and Unification of Forces……Page 170
The Inflationary Universe……Page 194
The Physics of the Very Early Universe……Page 207
Classical Mechanics……Page 236
The Special Theory of Relativity……Page 250
Index……Page 281