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    Gravitation : foundations and frontiers / T. Padmanabhan.

    • Title:Gravitation : foundations and frontiers / T. Padmanabhan.
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    • Author/Creator:Padmanabhan, T. (Thanu), 1957-2021.
    • Published/Created:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Gravitation--Textbooks.
      Relativity (Physics)--Textbooks.
      Gravitation--Problems, exercises, etc.
    • Genre/Form: Textbooks.
      Problems and exercises.
    • Description:xxviii, 700 pages : ill ; 26 cm.
    • Summary:"Covering all aspects of gravitation in a contemporary style, this advanced textbook is ideal for graduate students and researchers in all areas of theoretical physics." "The 'Foundations' section develops the formalism in six chapters, and uses it in the next four chapters to discuss four key applications-spherical spacetimes, black holes, gravitational waves and cosmology. The six chapters in the 'Frontiers' section describe cosmological perturbation theory, quantum fields in curved spacetime, and the Hamiltonian structure of general relativity, among several other advanced topics, some of which are covered in-depth for the first time in a textbook." "The modular structure of the book allows different sections to be combined to suit a variety of courses. More than 225 exercises are included to test and develop the reader's understanding. There are also over 30 projects to help readers make the transition from the book to their own original research."--Jacket.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 689-694) and index.
    • ISBN:9780521882231 (hardback)
      0521882230 (hardback)
    • Contents:Special relativity
      Scalar and electromagnetic fields in special relativity
      Gravity and spacetime geometry: the inescapable connection
      Metric tensor, geodesics and covariant derivative
      Curvature of spacetime
      Einstein's field equations and gravitational dynamics
      Spherically symmetric geometry
      Black holes
      Gravitational waves
      Relativistic cosmology
      Differential forms and exterior calculus
      Hamitonian structure of general relativity
      Evolution of cosmological perturbations
      Quantum field theory in curved spacetime
      Gravity in higher and lower dimensions
      Gravity as an emergent phenomenon.
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