Exploring Black Holes
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-201-38423-9 (ISBN)
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The goal of this unique book is to provide the tools for readers to become active participants in carrying out their own investigations about curved spacetime near Earth and black holes. To that end, the book uses calculus and algebra, rather than tensors, to make general relativity accessible. Five chapters introduce basic theory and seven projects guide readers in the analysis of major applications. To facilitate study and review, each section begins with a summary of the key idea. Marginal notes highlight other important points.
Exploring Black Holes: An Introduction to General Relativity was written by Oersted Medal winner Edwin Taylor and foremost relativist John Archibald Wheeler.
1. Speeding (Review of Special Relativity).
2. Curving (Spacetime Near a Non-Rotating Black Hole).
Project A: The Global Positioning System.
3. Plunging (Diving Toward a Black Hole).
Project B: Inside The Black Hole.
4. Orbiting (Zooming Around a Black Hole).
Project C: Advance of Mercury's Perihelion.
5. Seeing (Bending and Orbiting Light).
Project D: Einstein Rings.
Project E: Light Slowed Near Sun.
Project F: The Spinning Black Hole.
Project G: The Friedmann Universe.
Readings in General Relativity.
Glossaries of Symbols and Terms.
Index.
Selected Formulas.
Selected Physical Constants.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.7.2000 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 215 x 261 mm |
| Gewicht | 880 g |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-201-38423-X / 020138423X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-201-38423-9 / 9780201384239 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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