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000  01335cam  22002538a 4500
001  ocm32704745
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010      $a95018264
020      $a0132911965 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040      $aDLC$cDLC$dAKR$dGZM$dMNN$dOrLoB-B
050      $aQC173.6$b.M38 1996
100  1   $aMartin, J. L.$q(John Legat)
245  10  $aGeneral relativity :$ba first course for
         physicists /$cJ.L. Martin.
250      $aRev. ed.
260      $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bPrentice Hall,$cc1996.
300      $axiii, 193 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
440   0  $aPrentice Hall international series in physics and
         applied physics.
505  0   $a1. The principle of equivalence -- 2. Special
         relativity -- 3. Inertial observers in a curved spacetime --
         4. Spacetime near a massive sphere -- 5. Parallel transport
         and the principle of equivalence -- 6. The Riemann tensor --
         7. But what exactly is curvature? -- 8. The field equations
         for the curvature of empty spacetime -- 9. Black holes --
         10. The matter tensor -- 11. Cosmology -- 12. The interior
         equations for a spherically symmetric star -- 13. Weak
         gravity and gravity waves.
650   0  $aGeneral relativity (Physics)
650   0  $aGravity.
650   0  $aCosmology.
650   0  $aGeometry, Differential.
906      $a.b15161687$b03-22-02$c05-15-96
920      $aBlackwell Basic 505 Sep 2008