Principles of cosmology and gravitation (Record no. 21538)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 8188689173 |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION | |
| Terms of availability | Textbook |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | CSL |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | CSL |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 084 ## - COLON CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | B9:8OaC18 L6;P5-;1 TC |
| Assigning agency | CSL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Berry, Michael |
| 9 (RLIN) | 875862 |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Principles of cosmology and gravitation |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Delhi, |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Overseas Press: |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi, 179p. |
| Other physical details | : ill. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Appendix A-B, 159-163p.; Bibliography 176p.; Index 177-179p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Preface - 1989 reprint, first edition Introduction Cosmography - What the universe contains, The cosmic distance hierarchy and the determination of galactic densities, The red shift and the expansion of the universe Physical basis of general relativity - The need for relativistic ideas and a theory of gravitation, Difficulties with Newtonian mechanics: gravity and inertial frames and absolute space, Inadequacy of special relativity, Mach's principle, and gravitational waves, Einstein's principle of equivalence Curved spacetime and the physical mathematics of general relativity - Particle paths and the separation between events, Geodesics, Curved spaces, Curvature and gravitation General relativity near massive objects - Spacetime near an isolated mass, Around the world with clocks, Precession of the perihelion of Mercury, Deflection of light, Radar echoes from planets, Black holes Cosmic kinematics - Spacetime for the smoothed-out universe, Red shifts and horizons, Apparent luminosity, Galactic densities and the darkness of the night sky Number counts Cosmic dynamics - Gravitation and the cosmic fluid, Histories of model universes The steady state theory, Cosmologies in which the strength of gravity varies In the beginning - Cosmic black-body radiation, Condensation of galaxies, Ylem Appendix - Labelling astronomical objects, Theorema egregium Problems Solutions to odd-numbered problems Useful numbers Bibliography Index |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Physics |
| 9 (RLIN) | 875863 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Cosmology |
| 9 (RLIN) | 875864 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Gravitation |
| 9 (RLIN) | 875865 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Classification part | B9:8OaC18 L6;P5-;1 TC |
| Koha item type | Textbook |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Colon Classification (CC) |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
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| Colon Classification (CC) | Central Science Library | Central Science Library | 2022-09-12 | 443, 05/02/2009, Ashutosh Technical Books | B9:8OaC18 L6;P5-;1 TC | SL1443404 | 2022-09-12 | 2022-09-12 | Textbook |