General Relativity: The most beautiful of theories : : Applications and trends after 100 years /

General Relativity: The most beautiful of theories : : Applications and trends after 100 years / / ed. by Carlo Rovelli.

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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 developmen...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
MitwirkendeR:
Ashby, Neil,
Byrd, Gene G.,
Byrd, Gene Gilbert,
Chernin, Arthur D.,
Chernin, Arthur,
Ciufolini, Ignazio,
Fabian, Andrew C.,
Lasenby, Anthony ,
Lasenby, Anthony N.,
Rovelli, Carlo,
Teerikorpi, Pekka,
Valtonen, Mauri,
HerausgeberIn:
Rovelli, Carlo,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:De Gruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics , 28
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • The most beautiful physical theory
  • Astrophysical black holes
  • Observations of General Relativity at strong and weak limits
  • General Relativity and dragging of inertial frames
  • GNSS and other applications of General Relativity
  • The strange world of quantum spacetime
  • Index
  • List of contributors
  • Backmatter

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