{"id":885,"date":"2012-01-24T20:49:35","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T19:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/ajb\/?p=885"},"modified":"2012-01-24T20:49:35","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T19:49:35","slug":"general-theory-of-relativity-by-p-a-m-dirac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/ajb\/2012\/01\/24\/general-theory-of-relativity-by-p-a-m-dirac\/","title":{"rendered":"General Theory of Relativity by P.A.M. Dirac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\"\"General Theory of Relativity (Physics Notes)<\/a>\"\"\n<\/td>\n\n

General relativity is via it’s formulation a theory heavily based on differential geometry. General Theory of Relativity<\/em> by Dirac gives a 68 page introduction to the mathematical theory of general relativity. The style of the book is “no nonsense” and “uncluttered”.<\/p>\n

The book is based on series of lectures given by Dirac at Florida State University in 1973. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The book is aimed at advanced undergraduates, though it will be well suited for beginning graduate students and researchers who want a quick overview of the structure of general relativity. <\/p>\n

Chapter 1 to 14 cover topics of differential geometry: parallel displacement, Christoffel symbols, geodesics, covariant derivatives and curvature tensors. All the basics of geometry required for general relativity. <\/p>\n

Chapters 15 to 35 deal with the “guts” of general relativity. Topics covered include Einstein’s law of gravity, the Newtonian approximation, gravitational red shift, the Schwarzschild metric & black holes, harmonic coordinates, the field equations with matter, the gravitational action principle, the pesudo energy-tensor for gravity, gravitational waves and the cosmological constant.<\/p>\n

Paperback: 68 pages
\nPublisher: Princeton University Press (January 8, 1996)
\nLanguage: English
\nISBN-10: 069101146X
\nISBN-13: 978-0691011462<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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