Exploring Black Holes Introduction to General Relativity 2nd by Taylor Archibald Edmund 0321512863 9780321512864

ISBN 10:  0321512863 

ISBN 13: 9780321512864

Author: Taylor ,Archibald , Edmund

This unique book offers a concise, introductory overview of general relativity and black holes, motivating students to become active participants in carrying out their own investigations. To this end, the book uses calculus and algebra, rather than tensors, to make general relativity accessible to sophomores and juniors. Five chapters introduce basic concepts, and seven projects require the reader to apply these basic concepts to real astronomical applications.

1. Speeding (Review of Special Relativity)
2. Curving (Spacetime Near a Non-Rotating Black Hole)
Project A: The Global Positioning System
3. Plunging (Diving Toward a Black Hole)
Project B: Inside The Black Hole
4. Orbiting (Zooming Around a Black Hole)
Project C: Advance of Mercury’s Perihelion
5. Seeing (Bending and Orbiting Light)
Project D: Einstein Rings
Project E: Light Slowed Near Sun
Project F: The Spinning Black Hole
Project G: The Friedmann Universe
Appendix A: Readings in General Relativity
Appendix B: Glossaries of Symbols and Terms

Appendix C: Selected Formulas

Appendix D: Selected Physical Constants