GRAVITATION

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.

A R Prasanna is an Honorary Scientist at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. His areas of research include General Relativity, High Energy Physics, Gravitational Physics, Modern Physics etc. With more than 40 years of research, Prof Prasanna is an expert in General Relativity having published on a wide variety of topics at a high level.