Generalising Newton's law of gravitation, general relativity is one of
the pillars of modern physics. While applications in the beginning
were restricted to isolated effects such as a proper understanding of
Mercury's orbit, the second half of the twentieth century saw a
massive development of applications. These include cosmology,
gravitational waves, and even very practical results for satellite
based positioning systems as well as different approaches to unite
general relativity with another very successful branch of physics –
quantum theory. On the occassion of general relativity's centennial,
leading scientists in the different branches of gravitational research
review the history and recent advances in the main fields of
applications of the theory, which was referred to by Lev Landau as
“the most beautiful of the existing physical theories”.
Contributions from: Andy C. Fabian, Anthony L. Lasenby, Astrophysical
black Holes Neil Ashby, GNSS and other applications of General
Relativity Gene Byrd, Arthur Chernin, Pekka Teerikorpi, Mauri
Vaaltonen, Observations of general Relativity at strong and weaks
limits Ignazio Ciufolini, General Relativity and dragging of inertial
frames Carlo Rovelli, The strange world of quantum spacetime
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783110343304
Publisert
2015
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
De Gruyter
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok