Gravitation - Hardcover

Misner, Charles W

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0716703343 ISBN 13: 9780716703341

Publisher: W. H. Freeman, 1973

Synopsis

1-forms compared and contrasted

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Gravitation is a classic."--David Spergel, Princeton University

"Gravitation is the encyclopedic, definitive exposition of general relativity as of 1970. Any serious researcher of general relativity will want to have this book at hand."--Andrew Hamilton, University of Colorado, Boulder

"Gravitation has been a very influential book in the field, and it gives a remarkably thorough treatment of what's relevant in general relativity today."--Frans Pretorius, Princeton University

"This book is considered the Bible for everyone in the field of gravitation."--Alberto Vecchio, University of Birmingham

About the Author:

Charles W. Misner is professor emeritus of physics at the University of Maryland. Kip S. Thorne is the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology. His books include Modern Classical Physics(Princeton), Black Holes and Time Warps, and The Science of Interstellar. John Archibald Wheeler (1911–2008) was professor of physics at Princeton University and later at the University of Texas, Austin. His books include Spacetime Physics and Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. H. Freeman
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0716703343
• ISBN 13: 9780716703341
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1279