100 years of relativity : Space-time structure - Einstein and beyond
- المؤلف
- Abhay Ashtekar
- سنة النشر
- 2006
- الناشر
- World Scientific Publishing
- لغة الملف
- انكليزي
- نوع الملف
- Book
- تصنيف الكتاب
- Computer Science
- تحميل الكتاب قراءة الكتاب
Contains contributions from leading researchers, worldwide, who have thought deeply about the nature and consequences of this interplay. The articles take a long-range view of the subject and distill the most important advances in broad terms, making them easily accessible to non-specialists. The first part is devoted to a summary of how relativity theories were born (J Stachel). The second part discusses the most dramatic ramifications of general relativity, such as black holes (P Chrusciel and R Price), space-time singularities (H Nicolai and A Rendall), gravitational waves (P Laguna and P Saulson), the large scale structure of the cosmos (T Padmanabhan); experimental status of this theory (C Will) as well as its practical application to the GPS system (N Ashby). The last part looks beyond Einstein and provides glimpses into what is in store for us in the 21st century.
الكلمات المفتاحية: Physics / Time and space / Relativity (Physics) / Espace et temps / Relativité (Physique)
