toilets
gravitation
this landmark text offers a rigorous full year graduate level course on gravitation physics teaching students to br grasp the laws of physics in flat spacetime br predict orders of magnitude br calculate using the principal tools of modern geometry br predict all levels of precision br understand einsteins geometric framework for physics br explore applications including pulsars and neutron stars cosmology the schwarzschild geometry and gravitational collapse and gravitational waves br probe experimental tests of einsteins theory br tackle advanced topics such as superspace and quantum geometrodynamics br the book offers a unique alternating two track pathway through the subject br in many chapters material focusing on basic physical ideas is designated as br track 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 . br 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 .
geometrodynamics general relativity the mathematics of curved spacetime einsteins theories relativistic stars and gravitational collapse are some of the topics examined in a study of gravitational physics