TY - BOOK ID - 207153 TI - General Relativity PY - 2005 SN - 0387274065 0387256431 144192065X PB - New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - General relativity (Physics) KW - Relativistic theory of gravitation KW - Relativity theory, General KW - Gravitation KW - Physics KW - Relativity (Physics) KW - Physics. KW - Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. KW - Physics, general. KW - Natural philosophy KW - Philosophy, Natural KW - Physical sciences KW - Dynamics KW - Gravitation. KW - Field theory (Physics) KW - Matter KW - Antigravity KW - Centrifugal force KW - Properties UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:207153 AB - This book offers an alternative to other textbooks on the subject, providing a more specific discussion of numerous general relativistic effects for readers who have knowledge of classical mechanics and electrodynamics, including special relativity. Coverage includes gravitational lensing, signal retardation in the gravitational field of the Sun, the Reissner-Nordström solution, selected spin effects, the resonance transformation of an electromagnetic wave into a gravitational one, and the entropy and temperature of black holes. The book includes numerous problems at various levels of difficulty, making it ideal also for independent study by a broad readership of advanced students and researchers. I.B. Khriplovich is Chief Researcher, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, and Chair of Theoretical Physics at Novosibirsk University. Dr. Khriplovich is a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has been awarded the Dirac Medal ``For the advancement of theoretical physics'' by University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and the Pomeranchuk Prize ``For outstanding contribution to the understanding the properties of the standard model, especially for illuminating work on weak and strong interactions of quarks'' by the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia. ER -