Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Constants
- Notation
- 1 Newton's gravitational theory
- 2 The formalism of special relativity
- 3 The linear approximation
- 4 Applications of the linear approximation
- 5 Gravitational waves
- 6 Riemannian geometry
- 7 Einstein's gravitational theory
- 8 Black holes and gravitational collapse
- 9 Cosmology
- 10 The early universe
- Appendix Variational principle and energy-momentum tensor
- Answers to even-numbered problems
- Index
- References
Appendix - Variational principle and energy-momentum tensor
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Constants
- Notation
- 1 Newton's gravitational theory
- 2 The formalism of special relativity
- 3 The linear approximation
- 4 Applications of the linear approximation
- 5 Gravitational waves
- 6 Riemannian geometry
- 7 Einstein's gravitational theory
- 8 Black holes and gravitational collapse
- 9 Cosmology
- 10 The early universe
- Appendix Variational principle and energy-momentum tensor
- Answers to even-numbered problems
- Index
- References
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- Gravitation and Spacetime , pp. 477 - 496Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013