Gravitation and spacetime /
Hans C. Ohanian and Remo Ruffini.
- 3rd ed.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- xvi, 528 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents
Preface 1. Newton's gravitational theory 2. The formalism of special relativity 3. The linear approximation 4. Applications of the linear approximation 5. Gravitational waves 6. Riemannian geometry 7. Einstein's gravitational theory 8. Black holes and gravitational collapse 9. Cosmology 10. The early universe Appendix: variational principle and energy-momentum tensor Answers Index.