Skip to content

Gravity, a Geometrical Course: Volume 2: Black Holes, Cosmology and Introduction
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Gravity, a Geometrical Course: Volume 2: Black Holes, Cosmology and Introduction to Supergravity Hardcover - 2012 - 2013th Edition

by Fr�, Pietro Giuseppe


From the rear cover

'Gravity, a Geometrical Course' presents general relativity (GR) in a systematic and exhaustive way, covering three aspects that are homogenized into a single texture: i) the mathematical, geometrical foundations, exposed in a self consistent contemporary formalism, ii) the main physical, astrophysical and cosmological applications, updated to the issues of contemporary research and observations, with glimpses on supergravity and superstring theory, iii) the historical development of scientific ideas underlying both the birth of general relativity and its subsequent evolution. The book is divided in two volumes.

Volume Two is covers black holes, cosmology and an introduction to supergravity. The aim of this volume is two-fold. It completes the presentation of GR and it introduces the reader to theory of gravitation beyond GR, which is supergravity. Starting with a short history of the black hole concept, the book covers the Kruskal extension of the Schwarzschild metric, the causal structures of Lorentzian manifolds, Penrose diagrams and a detailed analysis of the Kerr-Newman metric. An extensive historical account of the development of modern cosmology is followed by a detailed presentation of its mathematical structure, including non-isotropic cosmologies and billiards, de Sitter space and inflationary scenarios, perturbation theory and anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The last three chapters deal with the mathematical and conceptual foundations of supergravity in the frame of free differential algebras. Branes are presented both as classical solutions of the bulk theory and as world-volume gauge theories with particular emphasis on the geometrical interpretation of kappa-supersymmetry. The rich bestiary of special geometries underlying supergravity lagrangians is presented, followed by a chapter providing glances on the equally rich collection of special solutions of supergravity.

Pietro Fr� is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Torino, Italy. He has taught General Relativity for 15 years.

Details

  • Title Gravity, a Geometrical Course: Volume 2: Black Holes, Cosmology and Introduction to Supergravity
  • Author Fr�, Pietro Giuseppe
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 2013th
  • Edition 2013
  • Pages 452
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Springer
  • Date 2012-10
  • ISBN 9789400754423
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects

About the author

Pietro Fr is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Torino, Italy and is currently serving as Scientific Counsellor of the Italian Embassy in Moscow. His scientific passion lies in supergravity and all allied topics, since the inception of the field, in 1976. He was professor at SISSA, worked in the USA and at CERN. He has taught General Relativity for 15 years. He has previously published two scientific monographs, "Supergravity and Superstrings" and "The N=2 Wonderland". He is also the author of a popular science book on cosmology ("Il fascino oscuro dell'inflazione", Springer 2009), and two novels, in Italian.

Back to Top

More Copies for Sale

Gravity, a Geometrical Course: Volume 2: Black Holes, Cosmology and Introduction to Supergravity

Gravity, a Geometrical Course: Volume 2: Black Holes, Cosmology and Introduction to Supergravity

by Frè, Pietro Giuseppe

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9789400754423
ISBN 10
9400754426
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Dallas, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£80.30
£3.04 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Springer, 2013. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near fine condition, smudge to the top page edges. No markings, no highlights.Comes from a smokers estate, but odor is not very strong.
Item Price
£80.30
£3.04 shipping to USA
Gravity, a Geometrical Course: Black Holes, Cosmology and Introduction to Supergravity: Vol 2
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Gravity, a Geometrical Course: Black Holes, Cosmology and Introduction to Supergravity: Vol 2

by Fr�, Pietro Giuseppe

  • New
  • Hardcover
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9789400754423
ISBN 10
9400754426
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£111.94
£10.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Springer Verlag, 2012. Hardcover. New. 2013 edition. 476 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches.
Item Price
£111.94
£10.00 shipping to USA