100 Years Of Relativity: Space-time Structure - Einstein And Beyond -

100 Years Of Relativity: Space-time Structure - Einstein And Beyond

Abhay Ashtekar (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
528 Seiten
2005
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-256-394-1 (ISBN)
198,25 inkl. MwSt
Divided into three parts, this volume focuses on a summary of how relativity theories were born. It also discusses the ramifications of general relativity, such as black holes, space-time singularities, gravitational waves, the large scale structure of the cosmos, and more. It includes summaries of radical changes in the notions of space and time.
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).

# From Newton to Einstein: # Development of the Concepts of Space, Time and Space-Time from Newton to Einstein (J Stachel) # Einstein's Universe: # Gravitational Billiards, Dualities and Hidden Symmetries (H Nicolai) # The Nature of Spacetime Singularities (A D Rendall) # Black Holes -- An Introduction (P T Chrusciel) # The Physical Basis of Black Hole Astrophysics (R H Price) # Probing Space-Time Through Numerical Simulations (P Laguna) # Understanding Our Universe: Current Status and Open Issues (T Padmanabhan) # Was Einstein Right? Testing Relativity at the Centenary (C M Will) # Receiving Gravitational Waves (P R Saulson) # Relativity in the Global Positioning System (N Ashby) # Beyond Einstein: # Spacetime in Semiclassical Gravity (L H Ford) # Space Time in String Theory (T Banks) # Quantum Geometry and Its Ramifications (A Ashtekar) # Loop Quantum Cosmology (M Bojowald) # Consistent Discrete Space-Time (R Gambini & J Pullin) # Causal Sets and the Deep Structure of Spacetime (F Dowker) # The Twistor Approach to Space-Time Structures (R Penrose)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 23.11.2005
Verlagsort Singapore
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Relativitätstheorie
ISBN-10 981-256-394-6 / 9812563946
ISBN-13 978-981-256-394-1 / 9789812563941
Zustand Neuware
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