Müller-Kirsten, Harald J. W. <br/><br/>
Classical mechanics and relativity / 
Harald J.W. Müller-Kirsten 
 - Singapore :  World Scientific,  2008 
 - xii, 562 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Recapitulation of Newtonian mechanics -- The Lagrange formalism -- The canonical or Hamilton formalism -- Symmetries and transformations -- Looking beyond classical mechanics -- Two-body central forces -- Rigid body dynamics -- Small oscillations and stability -- Motivation of the theory of relativity -- A simple look at phenomenological consequences -- Aspects of special relativity -- Equation of motion of a particle in a gravitational field -- Tensor calculus for Riemann spaces -- Einstein’s equation of the gravitational field -- The Schwarzschild solution 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789812832511 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Relativistic mechanics<br/>Lagrange equations<br/>Hamiltonian operator<br/>Einstein field equations<br/>Schwarzschild black holes
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>530.12  / M958C