Gravity（Honourable Mention, 2015 PROSE Award for Textbook, Physical Sciences and Mathematics） 英文原版 引力：牛顿学说、后牛顿学说与相对论（荣获2015年教科书、物理科学和数学散文奖） Eric Poisson

基本信息

By (author) Eric Poisson , By (author) Clifford M. Will

Format Hardback | 792 pages

Dimensions 193 x 253 x 37mm | 1,880g

Publication date 28 Jul 2014

Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Publication City/Country Cambridge, United Kingdom

Language English

Illustrations note Worked examples or Exercises; 40 Line drawings, unspecified

ISBN10 1107032865

ISBN13 9781107032866

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

This textbook explores approximate solutions to general relativity and their consequences. It offers a unique presentation of Einstein's theory by developing powerful methods that can be applied to astrophysical systems. Beginning with a uniquely thorough treatment of Newtonian gravity, the book develops post-Newtonian and post-Minkowskian approximation methods to obtain weak-field solutions to the Einstein field equations.

The book explores the motion of self-gravitating bodies, the physics of gravitational waves, and the impact of radiative losses on gravitating systems. It concludes with a brief overview of alternative theories of gravity. Ideal for graduate courses on general relativity and relativistic astrophysics, the book examines real-life applications, such as planetary motion around the Sun, the timing of binary pulsars, and gravitational waves emitted by binary black holes.

Text boxes explore related topics and provide historical context, and over 100 exercises present challenging tests of the material covered in the main text.

这本教科书探讨了广义相对论及其后果的近似解决方案。通过开发可应用于天体物理系统的强大方法，它提供了爱因斯坦理论的独特表达。从对牛顿引力的独特彻底处理开始，该书发展了牛顿后和米科夫斯基后近似方法，以获取爱因斯坦场方程的弱场解。该书探讨了自引力体的运动，引力波的物理学以及辐射损失对引力系统的影响。最后，简要介绍了引力的替代理论。该书非常适合作为广义相对论和相对论天体物理学研究生课程的书，它研究了现实生活中的应用，例如围绕太阳的行星运动，二元脉冲星的计时和二元黑洞发射的引力波。文本框探讨了相关主题并提供了历史背景，并且有100多个练习对本书中所涉及的材料进行了具有挑战性的测试。

作者简介

Eric Poisson is Professor of Physics at the University of Guelph. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and serves on the editorial boards of Physical Review Letters and Classical and Quantum Gravity. Clifford M. Will is Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Florida and J. S. McDonnell Professor Emeritus at Washington University in St Louis. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, and Editor-in-Chief of Classical and Quantum Gravity. He is well known for his ability to bring science to broad audiences.

书籍目录

Preface; 1. Foundations of Newtonian gravity; 2. Structure of self-gravitating bodies; 3. Newtonian orbital dynamics; 4. Minkowski spacetime; 5. Curved spacetime; 6. Post-Minkowskian theory: formulation; 7. Post-Minkowskian theory: implementation; 8. Post-Newtonian theory: fundamentals; 9. Post-Newtonian theory: system of isolated bodies; 10. Post-Newtonian celestial mechanics, astrometry and navigation; 11. Gravitational waves; 12. Radiative losses and radiation reaction; 13. Alternative theories of gravity; References; Index.