About the Book
This book attempts to give a comprehensive overview of the general theory of relativity including several current developments in both theory and experiment, starting from a brief introduction on special relativity and Newtonian gravity to Einsteins geometrical interpretation of gravity. We have emphasized the accuracy to which GR has been tested in recent years. Cosmology has been discussed elaborately, starting from the early universe to dark matter and dark energy. The appendices elaborate in some detail the tensor algebra required including differential geometry concepts, calculation of curvature etc. Problems are given in every chapter to help understand the topics discussed and to acquire working knowledge of the subject. Even after 100 years, GR is very much an active and exciting area of research with lots of phenomena still to be understood.
CONTENTS
Preface, 1. Main Aspects of Newtonian Gravity 2. Special Relativity 3. Equivalence Principle 4. Field Equations of General Relativity 5. Exact Solutions in General Relativity 6. The Classical Tests of General Relativity 7. Gravitational Waves 8. Astrophysical Implications of General Relativity 9. Black Holes 10. Cosmology 11. Alternate Models of the Universe 12. Quantization of the Gravitational Field 13. Unified Field Theories 14. The Future in Gravitational Physics, GR, and Cosmology, Appendix, References and Additional Reading, Index and Keywords.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
C Sivaram was a senior professor at Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. He is the recipient of prestigious international awards like Martin Foster Gold Medal and the Ettore Majorana fellowship. He has served as the Joint Director of projects of the World Laboratory (Geneva) and collaborated with Nobel Laureate, Abdus Salam. He has over 200 papers in International journals and author of multiple books in varied fields in astronomy.
Kenath Arun is a lecturer in the Department of Physics, Christ Junior College, Bangalore. He is the recipient of six gold medals from Bangalore University (M.Sc. in Physics). He has published papers in various international peer-review journals and presented papers at National and International conferences. He is also on the editorial board of international peer-review journals.
Kiren 0 V is a lecturer in the Department of Physics, St. Josephs Indian Composite PU College, Bangalore. He did his MPhil (Nuclear Physics) from Christ University. He has published papers in various international peer-review journals and conference. Presently he is working in the field of NuclearAstrophysics.
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