General Relativity, Astrophysics, and Cosmology

by A.K. Raychaudhuri, A. Banerjee, S. Banerji

Book Overview

For about half a century the general theory of relativity attracted little attention from physicists. However, the discovery of compact objects such as quasars and pulsars, as well as candidates for black holes on the one hand, and the microwave background radiation on the other hand completely changed the picture. In addition, developments in elementary particle physics, such as predictions of the behavior of matter at the ultrahigh energies that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038740628X
• ISBN13: 9780387406282
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"