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635529
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Carroll, Sean M.,1966-
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Spacetime and geometry : : an introduction to general relativity /\ Sean Carroll
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xiv, 513 pages :: illustrations ; 25 cm
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9780805387322
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: 0805387323
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-499) and index
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| Contents
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Special relativity and flat spacetime -- Manifolds -- Curvature -- Gravitation -- The Schwarzschild solution -- More general black holes -- Perturbation Theory and gravitational radiation -- Cosmology -- Quantum Field Theory in curved spacetime
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app. A. Maps between manifolds -- app. B. Diffeomorphisms and lie derivatives -- app. C. Submanifolds -- app. D. Hypersurfaces -- app. E. Stoke's Theorem -- app. F. Geodesic congruences -- app. G. Conformal transformations -- app. H. Conformal diagrams -- app. I The parallel propagator -- app. J. Noncoordinate bases
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General relativity (Physics)
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| Dewey Classification
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530.11
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QC173.6.C377 2004
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| Parallel Title
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Introduction to general relativity
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