General Relativity: Proceedings of the Forty Sixth Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics, Aberdeen, July 1995 [Paperback]

General Relativity provides an unusually broad survey of the current state of this field. Chapters on mathematical relativity cover many topics, including initial value problems, a new approach to the partial differential equations of physics, and work on exact solutions. The chapters on relativistic cosmology and black holes explore cosmology. Other chapters deal with gravitational waves, experimental relativity, quantum gravity, and aspects of computing in relativity. The book will be useful both to postgraduates and to established workers in the field.General Relativity provides an unusually broad survey of the current state of this field. Chapters on mathematical relativity cover many topics, including initial value problems, a new approach to the partial differential equations of physics, and work on exact solutions. The chapters on relativistic cosmology and black holes explore cosmology. Other chapters deal with gravitational waves, experimental relativity, quantum gravity, and aspects of computing in relativity. The book will be useful both to postgraduates and to established workers in the field.Mathematics of General Relativity; Partial Differential Equations of Physics; Gravitostatics and Rotating Bodies; A Guide to Basic Exact Solutions; Relativistic Cosmology; Black Holes in Cosmology and Astrophysics; Sources of Gravitational Waves; Detection of Gravitational Waves; The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment: A 1995 Update; Algebraic Computing in General Relativity; Numerical Computing in General Relativity; Quantum GravityUS? 1996 The Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics