100 Years of Relativity: Space-time Structure Einstein And Beyond - Couverture rigide

 
9789812563941: 100 Years of Relativity: Space-time Structure Einstein And Beyond
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ISBN 10 : 9812563946 ISBN 13 : 9789812563941
Editeur : World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

Thanks to Einstein's relativity theories, our notions of space and time underwent profound revisions about a 100 years ago. The resulting interplay between geometry and physics has dominated all of fundamental physics since then. This volume 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. Contributions here include summaries of radical changes in the notions of space and time that are emerging from quantum field theory in curved space-times (Ford), string theory (T Banks), loop quantum gravity (A Ashtekar), quantum cosmology (M Bojowald), discrete approaches (Dowker, Gambini and Pullin) and twistor theory (R Penrose).

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Éditeur
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9812563946
ISBN 13 
9789812563941
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
528
Éditeur
Ashtekar Abhay
Coordonnées du fabricant
World Scientific Publishing
https://www.worldscientific.com/

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