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020			_a9781316517543
082			_a530.11 _bHarG
100			_aHartle, James B.
245			_aGravity : _bAn Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity / _cJames B. Hartle
260			_bCUP : _aUK , _c©2021.
300			_axxii, 582p.
520			_aEinstein's theory of general relativity is a cornerstone of modern physics. It also touches upon a wealth of topics that students find fascinating – black holes, warped spacetime, gravitational waves, and cosmology. Now reissued by Cambridge University Press, this ground-breaking text helped to bring general relativity into the undergraduate curriculum, making it accessible to virtually all physics majors. One of the pioneers of the 'physics-first' approach to the subject, renowned relativist James B. Hartle, recognized that there is typically not enough time in a short introductory course for the traditional, mathematics-first, approach. In this text, he provides a fluent and accessible physics-first introduction to general relativity that begins with the essential physical applications and uses a minimum of new mathematics. This market-leading text is ideal for a one-semester course for undergraduates, with only introductory mechanics as a prerequisite.
650			_aGravity
650			_aPhysics
942			_cBK
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