author: james b hartle

Sydney Coleman, James B Hartle, Tsvi Piran, Steven Weinberg. PREFACE Quantum gravity ... answers but also on what are the right questions. Recently there has been a ... book. Everyone involved in the school, both lecturers and students ...

Providing relevant solutions of the Einstein equation, this text introduces field equations of general relativity & their supporting mathematics.

Best-selling, accessible physics-first introduction to GR uses minimal new mathematics and begins with the essential physical applications.

... these facts together with the data in Box 4.3 on p. 61 to roughly estimate ... motion. Show that the same result can be derived using a similar clock ... c 25 for 7 years as measured on his clock, then reverses and returns at half the ...