Livro Gravitation

This landmark text offers a rigorous full-year graduate level course on gravitation physics, teaching students to:� Grasp the laws of physics in flat spacetime� Predict orders of magnitude� Calculate using the principal tools of modern geometry� Predict all levels of precision� Understand Einstein's geometric framework for physics� Explore applications, including pulsars and neutron stars, cosmology, the Schwarzschild geometry and gravitational collapse, and gravitational waves� Probe experimental tests of Einstein's theory� Tackle advanced topics such as superspace and quantum geometrodynamics The book offers a unique, alternating two-track  pathway through the subject:� In many chapters, material focusing on basic physical ideas is designated asTrack 1.

These sections together make an appropriate one-term advanced/graduate level course (mathematical prerequisites: vector analysis and simple partial-differential equations). The book is printed to make it easy for readers to identify these sections.� The remaining Track 2 material provides a wealth of advanced topics instructors can draw from to flesh out a two-term course, with Track 1 sections serving as prerequisites.