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Click to enlargeIntroduction to Tensor Calculus, Relativity and Cosmology

D. F. Lawden
Our Price$15.95New!(Table of Contents)
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ISBN: 0486425401
Page Count: 224
Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Elementary introduction pays special attention to aspects of tensor calculus and relativity that students find most difficult. Contents include tensors in curved spaces and application to general relativity theory; black holes; gravitational waves; application of general relativity principles to cosmology. Numerous exercises. Solution guide available upon request. 1982 edition.
Unabridged republication of the third edition, originally published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1982.

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