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• Title:Gravitation / Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, John Archibald Wheeler.
  
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• Author/Creator:Misner, Charles W., author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Thorne, Kip S., author.
  Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008, author.
  
• Published/Created:New York : W.H. Freeman and Company, [1973]
  ©1973.
  

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  • Call Number: QC178 .M57 1973
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 Lost - 03-04-2023
    

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  • Call Number: QC178 .M57 1973
    
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  • Call Number: QC178 .M57 1973
    
  • Number of Items:3
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Gravitation.
  Astrophysics.
  General relativity (Physics)
  
• Medical Subjects: Gravitation.
  
• Description:xxvi, 1279 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
  
• Summary:An in-depth study of Einstein's theory of gravity using modern formalism and notation of differential geometry, and documenting the revolutionary techniques developed to test the theory of general relativity.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [1221]-1254) and index.
  
• ISBN:0716703343
  9780716703341
  0716703440 (pbk.)
  9780716703440 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Spacetime physics
  Physics in flat spacetime
  The mathematics of curved spacetime
  Einstein's geometric theory of gravity
  Relativistic stars
  The universe
  Gravitational collapse and black holes
  Gravitational waves
  Experimental tests of general relativity
  Frontiers.