This landmark study by a distinguished physicist develops three important themes: a coherent and inclusive account of Einstein’s theory of relativity; the extension of thermodynamics to special and general relativity; and the applications of relativistic mechanics and relativistic thermodynamics in the construction and interpretation of cosmological models.
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A classic in cosmology,
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This review is from: Relativity, Thermodynamics and Cosmology (Dover Books on Physics) (Paperback)
Originally published in 1934, this Dover reprint covers the early development of cosmology in a rigorous mathematical format. You need to know math through tensor equations (as you would for any rigorous treatment of cosmology), and this probably should not be anyone's first foray into cosmology. For that, see Peebles. Having said that, this gives sidelights present nowhere else, and a fine treatment of some by-passed cosmological models.
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A valuable classic,
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This review is from: Relativity, Thermodynamics and Cosmology (Dover Books on Physics) (Paperback)
This classic book should be on the shelf of every physicist interested in relativity. The exposition is very clear and can be used to fix some ideas. My comments do not include the thermodynamics part, which I'm not competent to review. The cosmological applications are, evidently, severaly outdated, but can be very useful for those interested in the history of the development of observational cosmology.
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- The Expanding Worlds of General Relativity (Einstein Studies) by Hubert Goenner on page 267, page 323, and page 402
- Cosmology and Controversy by Helge Kragh on page 34, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Some Comments on the Foundations of Physics by Per Olov Lhowdin on page 85, and Back Matter
- Matter And Spirit In The Universe: Scientific And Religious Preludes To Modern Cosmology (History of Modern Physical Sciences) by Helge Kragh on page 158, and Back Matter
- An Introduction to Cosmology by J. V. Narlikar in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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