Gravitation and Spacetime
Ohanian, Hans C and Remo Ruffini
Language: English
Published by W W Norton & Company, New York, 1994
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Description: Figure illustrations and equations. From the publisher's blurb: A brief list of some of the new highlights in the second edition; ''The fifth force and tests for the inverse-square law. Update on experimental and observational data for the Eotvos experiment, the deflection of light, the gravitational redshift, the retardation of light, the perihelion precession, etc. Differential forms and the exterior calculus in flat and in curved spacetime. The gravimagnetic field. Gravitational lenses, with an extensive discussion of theory, observation, and applications. The Hulse-Taylor pulsar. Killing vectors and Lie derivatives. Stable and unstable orbits in the Schwarzchild geometry; accretion disks'' and much more. Originally published in 1976; this is the second edition. BINDNG/CONDITION: blue cloth with gilt spine text; a Very Good book with a Very Good dust jacket. appendices, index. Charts on endpapers. 8vo (9.5 inches tall). 679 pages.
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- Title
- Gravitation and Spacetime
- Author
- Ohanian, Hans C and Remo Ruffini
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Company, New York
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardbound
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393965015
- ISBN 13
- 9780393965018
- Edition
- 2nd Edition; 1st Printing.
- Dimensions
- 8vo (9.5 inches tall)
- Seller catalogs
- Math and Science
A remarkable book has just been made even better.
Now more than ever, Gravitation and Spacetime, Second Edition, by Hans C. Ohanian and new coauthor Remo Ruffini, deserves John Wheeler’s praise as "the best book on the market today of 500 pages or less on gravitation and general relativity." Gravitation and Spacetime has been thoroughly updated with the most exciting finds and hottest theoretical topics in general relativity and cosmology. Highlights of the revision include the rise and fall of the fifth force, principles and applications of gravitational lensing, COBE’s spectacular confirmation of the blackbody spectrum of the cosmic thermal radiation, theories of dark matter and inflation, and the early universe as a testing ground for particle physicists’ unification theories, and much, much more.The ideal choice for a graduate-level introduction to general relativity, Gravitation and Spacetime is also suitable for an advanced undergaduate course.
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About the Author
Remo Ruffini is the Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University of Rome, where he received his Ph. D., and has also taught at Princeton University. He is an editor of the International Journal of Modern Physics and has acted as an adviser to NASA and the Italian Space Agency. In addition to Gravitation and Spacetime, a partial listing of his published works include Cosmology from Space Platforms, Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, Basic Concepts in Relativistic Astrophysics, Gamow Cosmology, and various articles and edited volumes.
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