Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- The scope of this text
- Acknowledgements
- 1 How the theory of relativity came into being (a brief historical sketch)
- Part I Elements of differential geometry
- Part II The theory of gravitation
- 12 The Einstein equations and the sources of a gravitational field
- 13 The Maxwell and Einstein–Maxwell equations and the Kaluza–Klein theory
- 14 Spherically symmetric gravitational fields of isolated objects
- 15 Relativistic hydrodynamics and thermodynamics
- 16 Relativistic cosmology I: general geometry
- 17 Relativistic cosmology II: the Robertson–Walker geometry
- 18 Relativistic cosmology III: the Lemaître–Tolman geometry
- 19 Relativistic cosmology IV: generalisations of L–T and related geometries
- 20 The Kerr solution
- 21 Subjects omitted from this book
- References
- Index
15 - Relativistic hydrodynamics and thermodynamics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 March 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- The scope of this text
- Acknowledgements
- 1 How the theory of relativity came into being (a brief historical sketch)
- Part I Elements of differential geometry
- Part II The theory of gravitation
- 12 The Einstein equations and the sources of a gravitational field
- 13 The Maxwell and Einstein–Maxwell equations and the Kaluza–Klein theory
- 14 Spherically symmetric gravitational fields of isolated objects
- 15 Relativistic hydrodynamics and thermodynamics
- 16 Relativistic cosmology I: general geometry
- 17 Relativistic cosmology II: the Robertson–Walker geometry
- 18 Relativistic cosmology III: the Lemaître–Tolman geometry
- 19 Relativistic cosmology IV: generalisations of L–T and related geometries
- 20 The Kerr solution
- 21 Subjects omitted from this book
- References
- Index
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- An Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology , pp. 222 - 234Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006