Gravitation (Physics Series)

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This landmark text offers a rigorous full-year graduate level course on gravitation physics, teaching students to:x2022; Grasp the laws of physics in flat spacetimex2022; Predict orders of magnitudex2022; Calculate using the principal tools of modern geometryx2022; Predict all levels of precisionx2022; Understand Einstein's geometric framework for physicsx2022; Explore applications, including pulsars and neutron stars, cosmology, the Schwarzschild geometry and gravitational collapse, and gravitational wavesx2022; Probe experimental tests of Einstein's theoryx2022; Tackle advanced topics such as superspace and quantum geometrodynamicsxA0;The book offers a unique, alternating two-trackxA0; pathway through the subject:x2022; 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.x2022; 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.