TY - BOOK AU - Prasanna,A R TI - Gravitation SN - 9781498746649 (hardback ; alk. paper) U1 - 521.1 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Boca Raton : PB - CRC Press, KW - Gravitation KW - General relativity (Physics) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Mathematical preliminaries -- 2. Prerelativity physics -- 3. Special relativity -- 4. General relativity -- 5. Exact solutions and applications -- 6. Astrophysical applications -- 7. Accretion dynamics -- 8. Inertial forces in general relativity -- 9. Gravity as a gauge theory N2 - "This book suitable for post graduates in Physics and Astrophysics aims at introducing the theory of general relativity as an important background for doing astrophysics. Starting from a detailed discussion of the various mathematical concepts for doing general relativity, the book introduces the geometric description of gravity. It gives a brief historical perspective to classical mechanics and electrodynamics making an attempt to establish the necessity of special relativity as propounded by Einstein extending to General Relativity. This book is a good starting point for post graduates wanting to pursue the modern topics of Cosmology, High energy astrophysics and related areas"-- ER -