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General Relativity from A to B

Robert Geroch
Publisher: 
University Of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 
1981
Number of Pages: 
233
Format: 
Paperback
Price: 
0.00
ISBN: 
978-0226288642
Category: 
Monograph
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 Preface
Introduction
A. The Space-Time Viewpoint
1. Events and Space-Time: The Basic Building Blocks
2. The Aristotelian View: A "Personalized" Framework
3. The Galilean View: A Democratic Framework
4. Difficulties with the Galilean View
B. General Relativity
5. The Interval: The Fundamental Geometrical Object
6. The Physics and Geometry of the Interval
7. Einstein's Equation: The Final Theory
8. An Example: Black Holes
Conclusion
Index