Gravitation and cosmology: principles and applications of the general theory of relativity

Book • 1972
This book provides an engaging and insightful introduction to the forces that shape the universe, exploring special and general relativity, tensor analysis, gravitation, curvature, and observational cosmology.

It offers a Nobel laureate's perspectives on the wealth of data technological developments have brought to expand upon Einstein's theory, basing relativity on the Principle of Equivalence of Gravitation and Inertia over Riemannian geometry.

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