TY - BOOK AU - Carroll, Sean M. AU - Sean M. Carroll TI - Spacetime and geometry: : an introduction to general relativity SN - 9789332571655 U1 - 530.11 CAR PY - 2013/// CY - , Chennai PB - : Pearson KW - General relativity (Physics) KW - Space and time KW - Physics KW - Gravitation N2 - Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity provides a lucid and thoroughly modern introduction to general relativity. With an accessible and lively writing style, it introduces modern techniques to what can often be a formal and intimidating subject. Readers are led from the physics of flat spacetime (special relativity), through the intricacies of differential geometry and Einstein's equations, and on to exciting applications such as black holes, gravitational radiation, and cosmology ER -