Gravitation (with Charles Misner and Kip Thorne)

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Gravitation (with Charles Misner and Kip Thorne) is a landmark, comprehensive textbook on general relativity and gravitational physics, widely regarded as a foundational reference in the field.

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instanceOf general relativity textbook ⓘ
physics textbook ⓘ
scientific monograph ⓘ
academicLevel advanced undergraduate ⓘ
graduate ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gravitation ⓘ
author Charles W. Misner ⓘ
linked to: Charles Misner

John Archibald Wheeler ⓘ
Kip S. Thorne ⓘ
linked to: Kip Thorne
countryOfPublication United States ⓘ
covers Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker cosmological models ⓘ
Kerr black holes ⓘ
linked to: Kerr metric

Riemannian geometry ⓘ
Schwarzschild solution ⓘ
equivalence principle ⓘ
geodesics in curved spacetime ⓘ
post-Newtonian theory ⓘ
weak-field approximation ⓘ
field astrophysics ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
focus experimental tests of general relativity ⓘ
geometrical formulation of gravity ⓘ
relativistic astrophysics ⓘ
tensor calculus in curved spacetime ⓘ
format hardcover ⓘ
hasReputation landmark text in general relativity ⓘ
standard reference in gravitational physics ⓘ
influenced education in gravitational physics ⓘ
research in general relativity ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
nickname MTW ⓘ
pageCount approximately 1279 ⓘ
publicationYear 1973 ⓘ
publisher W. H. Freeman and Company ⓘ
structure appendices on mathematical methods ⓘ
historical notes ⓘ
problem sets ⓘ
subject Einstein field equations ⓘ
black holes ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
curved spacetime ⓘ
differential geometry ⓘ
general relativity ⓘ
gravitational physics ⓘ
gravitational waves ⓘ
timePeriodOfWriting late 1960s to early 1970s ⓘ
usedAs graduate course textbook ⓘ

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John Archibald Wheeler → notableWork → Gravitation (with Charles Misner and Kip Thorne) ⓘ
MTW → refersTo → general relativity textbook Gravitation ⓘ
linked to: Gravitation (with Charles Misner and Kip Thorne)
MTW → acronymFor → Misner Thorne Wheeler ⓘ
linked to: Gravitation (with Charles Misner and Kip Thorne)