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    STUDIA MATHEMATICA - Issue no. 4 / 2010  
         
  Article:   BOOK REVIEWS: PANKAJ SHARAN, SPACETIME, GEOMETRY AND GRAVITATION, PROGRESS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 56, BIRKHÄUSER, BASEL - BOSTON - BERLIN, 2009, XIV+355 PP, ISBN: 978-3-7643-9970-24.

Authors:  FERENC SZENKOVITS. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  This readable introductory textbook on the general theory of relativity presents a solid foundation for those who want to learn about relativity. The author offers us a physically intuitive, but mathematically rigorous presentation of the subject. The book is structured into three parts. The first part, containing four chapters, offers preliminary topics on general relativity. This part begins with a general background and introduction, followed by an introduction to curvature through Gauss’s Theorema Egregium, continue with basics on general relativity, and presents also simpler topics in general relativity like the Newtonian limit, red shift, the Schwarzschild solution, precession of the perihelion and bending of line in a gravitational field.  
         
     
         
         
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