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082	0	4	_a530.1 _bBAM/I
100	1		_aBambi, Cosimo
245	1	0	_aIntroduction to General Relativity : a course for undergraduate students of physics
260			_aSingapore _b2018 _cSpringer nature Singapore
300			_a335 p.
490	1		_aUndergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
520			_aFollowing the approach of Lev Landau and Evgenii Lifshitz, this book introduces the theory of special and general relativity with the Lagrangian formalism and the principle of least action. This method allows the complete theory to be constructed starting from a small number of assumptions, and is the most natural approach in modern theoretical physics. The book begins by reviewing Newtonian mechanics and Newtonian gravity with the Lagrangian formalism and the principle of least action, and then moves to special and general relativity. Most calculations are presented step by step, as is done on the board in class. The book covers recent advances in gravitational wave astronomy and provides a general overview of current lines of research in gravity. It also includes numerous examples and problems in each chapter.
650		0	_aAstronomy.
650		0	_aAstrophysics.
650		0	_aGravitation.
650	1	4	_aClassical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.
650	2	4	_aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
942			_cBK
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