This self-contained textbook by Robert J. A. Lambourne covers the core principles of special and general relativity theory. It is intended for advanced undergraduate students and provides a clear introduction to fundamental concepts such as metrics, connections, and curvature. It then delves into general relativity and its applications, including black holes and cosmological spacetimes.
Features
The edition is fully in color and includes countless worked examples and practice problems with answers. Key points and formulas are clearly highlighted, and each chapter ends with an overview of crucial concepts and results. This self-contained textbook supports a contemporary discussion of modern observational cosmology and is suitable for independent further study.
Product specifications
- Author: Robert J. A. Lambourne (The Open University, Milton Keynes)
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Binding: Trade paperback (US)
- Publication date: 2010-06-01
- Number of pages: 312
- ISBN: 9780521131384
- Theme: Cosmology and the universe
- BISAC: SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology
About the author
Robert Lambourne is the Director of the Physics Innovation Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (piCETL) at The Open University and was awarded the Bragg Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics in 2002. In 2006, he was appointed a National Teaching Fellow.