Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity

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Addison Wesley Longman, 2000 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 352 pages

A concise, direct examination of general relativity and black holes, Exploring Black Holes provides tools that motivate tools that motivate readers to become active participants in carrying out their own investigations about curved spacetime near earth and black holes. The authors use calculus and algebra to make general relativity accessible, and use quotes from well-known personalities, including Einstein, to offer further insight. Five chapters introduce basic theory. The book also includes seven projects regarding the analysis of major applications. Discussions provide the background needed to carry out projects. The book's projects guide readers as they fill in steps, compute outcomes and carry out their own investigations. For astronomers, mathematicians and people interested in learning about the relativity of black holes.

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Curving
2-2
PROJECT A Global Positioning System
21
Plunging
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Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity
Edwin F. Taylor,John Archibald Wheeler,Edmund William Bertschinger
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angle angular momentum approximation center of attraction Chapter circular orbit clock constant coordinates cross the horizon curvature curved spacetime deflection derived described distance dr² dtshell Earth effective potential Einstein ring emitted equation 21 ergosphere expression Extremal Aging far-away Figure flat spacetime free-float frame galaxy gravitational impact parameter in-falling inside the horizon John Archibald Wheeler Kerr metric kilograms kilometers light flash meters model Universe moves neutron star Newton Newtonian nonspinning object path plunging predict Principle of Extremal Project pulse QUERY r-coordinate r-value r₁ radius rain frame raindrop reduced circumference reference frame result rotating Sample Problem satellite Schwarzschild bookkeeper Schwarzschild coordinates Schwarzschild geometry Schwarzschild map Schwarzschild metric Section segment shell observer space spaceship special relativity speed of light spherical shell spinning black hole static limit stone surface tangential term test particle ticks tidal accelerations tion total energy trajectory unit mass velocity worldline wristwatch zero

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TitleExploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity
AuthorsEdwin F. Taylor, John Archibald Wheeler
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherAddison Wesley Longman, 2000
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedFeb 12, 2010
ISBN020138423X, 9780201384239
Length352 pages
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Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / General
Science / Physics / Astrophysics
Science / Physics / General
Science / Physics / Relativity
Science / Space Science / Astronomy
Technology & Engineering / Aeronautics & Astronautics
  
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