Relativity and Cosmology

by William J. Kaufmann III

154 pp 1st ed. 1st printing 1977 This book has been designed specifically to bring to the lay public, the amateur astronomer, and the student of astronomy many of the more exotic and fascinating... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060435720
• ISBN13: 9780060435721
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Relativity and Cosmology

Encompassing the many exciting advances which have occured in the applications of general relativity to problems in stellar structure and cosmology, this lucid book provides a nonmathematical introduction to topics of current interest in astronomy and physics. After explining the theory of relativity, the author describes many of the fascinating applications of general relativity. The latest astronomical observations - particularly with regard to galaxies and quasars - are discussed, including black holes, white holes, the "Einstein-Rosen Bridge," the Kerr solution to the field equations for a black hole, and Krusal diagrams. --- from book's back cover