Applied General Relativity: Theory and Applications in Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics and Metrology

by Michael H. Soffel and Wen-Biao Han

Book Overview

In the late 20th and beginning 21st century high-precision astronomy, positioning and metrology strongly rely on general relativity. Supported by exercises and solutions this book offers graduate students and researchers entering those fields a self-contained and exhaustive but accessible treatment of applied general relativity. The book is written in a homogenous (graduate level textbook) style allowing the reader to understand the arguments step...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030196755
• ISBN13: 9783030196752
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 540 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"