This book provides a completely revised and expanded version of the previous classic edition 'General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics'. In Part I the foundations of general relativity are thoroughly developed, while Part II is devoted to tests of general relativity and many of its applications. Binary pulsars - our best laboratories for general relativity - are studied in considerable detail. An introduction to gravitational lensing theory is included as well, so as to make the current literature on the subject accessible to readers. Considerable attention is devoted to the study of...

Das vorliegende Werk ist eine Einfuhrung in die grundlegenden Strukturen der klassischen Mechanik, die mit den Namen Newtons, Lagranges, Hamiltons und Jacobis u.a. verknupft sind. Der Autor schafft eine moderne Darstellung, die gleichzeitig als eine Einfuhrung in die mathematische Physik dienen kann. Das Buch ist somit eine wertvolle Bereicherung des Lehrbuchprogramms zur klassischen Mechanik. Die enthaltenen Ubungsaufgaben erleichtern und vertiefen den Zugang.

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Das Gebaude der klassischen Mechanik umfasst in exemplarischer Weise alle allgemeinen Prinzipien und...

This book provides a completely revised and expanded version of the previous classic edition 'General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics'. In Part I the foundations of general relativity are thoroughly developed, while Part II is devoted to tests of general relativity and many of its applications. Binary pulsars - our best laboratories for general relativity - are studied in considerable detail. An introduction to gravitational lensing theory is included as well, so as to make the current literature on the subject accessible to readers. Considerable attention is devoted to the study of...