When the ancient Greeks looked up into the heavens, they saw not just sun and moon, stars and planets, but a complete, coherent universe, a model of the Good that could serve as a guide to a better li
What’s done in darkness always comes to light…James Spicer is a British film director whose squeaky clean image is the result of years hiding his drug addiction. Andrea DiSenzo is a young woman whose
John Anthony Simmonz is a sexy, smart, methodical genius who chose his career path since birth and that is the life of crime. He wreaks havoc in the small town of Pixton, Ga. where he was born and rai
John Anthony Simmonz is a sexy, smart, methodical genius who chose his career path since birth and that is the life of crime. He wreaks havoc in the small town of Pixton, Ga. where he was born and rai
This is an introductory textbook on applications of general relativity to astrophysics and cosmology. The aim is to provide graduate students with a toolkit for understanding astronomical phenomena that involve velocities close to that of light or intense gravitational fields. The approach taken is first to give the reader a thorough grounding in special relativity, with space-time the central concept, following which general relativity presents few conceptual difficulties. Examples of relativistic gravitation in action are drawn from the astrophysical domain. The book can be read on two levels: first as an introductory fast-track course, and then as a detailed course reinforced by problems which illuminate technical examples. The book has extensive links to the literature of relativistic astrophysics and cosmology.
