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020			_a9781009389709
040			_aCSL _cCSL
041			_2eng _aeng
084			_aC18 R4 CARPA _qCSL
100			_aFranklin, Joel _91132051 _eauthor.
245			_aIntroduction to Gravity
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University press , _c2024 .
300			_axiv, 322p. _b: ill. _c; 26cm.
520			_aEinstein's theory of gravity can be difficult to introduce at the undergraduate level, or for self-study. One way to ease its introduction is to construct intermediate theories between the previous successful theory of gravity, Newton's, and our modern theory, Einstein's general relativity. This textbook bridges the gap by merging Newtonian gravity and special relativity (by analogy with electricity and magnetism), a process that both builds intuition about general relativity, and indicates why it has the form that it does. This approach is used to motivate the structure of the full theory, as a nonlinear field equation governing a second rank tensor with geometric interpretation, and to understand its predictions by comparing it with the, often qualitatively correct, predictions of intermediate theories between Newton's and Einstein's. Suitable for a one-semester course at junior or senior level, this student-friendly approach builds on familiar undergraduate physics to illuminate the structure of general relativity.
650			_aTensor. _9814790
650			_aGravitational waves. _9859501
650			_aSpecial relativity. _9716056
650			_aEinstein's equation. _91235427
942			_cTEXL _2CC _e1st ed. _hC18 R4 CARPA
999			_c1715466 _d1715466