Introducing Einstein's Relativity

1: The Organisation of the Book
A: Special Relativity
2: The k-Calculus
3: The Key Attributes of Special Relativity
4: The Elements of Relativistic Mechanics
B: The Formalism of Tensors
5: Tensor Algebra
6: Tensor Calculus
7: Integration, Variation, and Symmetry
C: General Relativity
8: Special Relativity Revisited
9: The Principles of General Relativity
10: The Field equations of General Relativity
11: General Relativity from a Variational Principle
12: The Energy-Momentum Tensor
13: The Structure of the Field Equations
14: The 3+1 and 2+2 Formalisms
15: The Schwarzschild sSlution
16: Classical Experimental Tests of General Relativity
D: Black Holes
17: Non-Rotating Black Holes
18: Maximal Extension and Conformal Compactification
19: Charged Black Holes
20: Rotating Black Holes
E: Gravitational Waves
21: Linearized Gravitational Waves and their Detection
22: Exact Gravitational Waves
23: Radiation from an Isolated Source
F: Cosmology
24: Relativistic Cosmology
25: The Classical Cosmological Models
26: Modern Cosmology
Answers to Exercises
Selected Bibliography
Index

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• Física relativística
• Gravidade
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