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020			_a9789811310898
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a530.11 _bB219i
100			_aBambi, Cosimo
245			_aIntroduction to general relativity _ba course for undergraduate students of physics _cCosimo Bambi
260			_bSpringer _c2018 _aSingapore
300			_axvi, 335p
440			_aUndergraduate lecture notes in physics / edited by Neil Ashby
520			_aFollowing the approach of Lev Landau and Evgenii Lifshitz, this book introduces the theory of special and general relativity with the Lagrangian formalism and the principle of least action. This method allows the complete theory to be constructed starting from a small number of assumptions, and is the most natural approach in modern theoretical physics. The book begins by reviewing Newtonian mechanics and Newtonian gravity with the Lagrangian formalism and the principle of least action, and then moves to special and general relativity. Most calculations are presented step by step, as is done on the board in class. The book covers recent advances in gravitational wave astronomy and provides a general overview of current lines of research in gravity. It also includes numerous examples and problems in each chapter.
650			_aGeneral relativity (Physics)
650			_aPhysics.
650			_aCosmology.
942			_cBK
999			_c560237 _d560237