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General Relativity (book)

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Author
  
Robert Wald

Subject
  
Physics

Language
  
English

Genre
  
Non-fiction

Country
  
United States of America

Publisher
  
The University of Chicago Press

General Relativity is a popular textbook on Einstein's theory of general relativity written by Robert Wald.

Background

It was published by the University of Chicago in 1984. The book, a tome of almost 500 pages, covers many aspects of the General Theory of Relativity. It is divided into two parts, the second of which covers more advanced topics such as causal structure, spinors and quantum effects. The book uses the Abstract index notation for tensors.

  • Wald, Robert M. (1984). General Relativity. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-87033-2. 
  • References

    General Relativity (book) Wikipedia