Gravity's century : from Einstein's eclipse to images of black holes /
Cowen, Ron,1957-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. Genesis -- Deeper dive: Space and time, a perfect union --  Deeper dive: Testing the equivalence principle before Einstein -- 2. From turmoil to triumph -- Deeper dive: Riemann's work and the metric tensor -- Deeper dive: The meaning of Einstein's equation -- 3. Eddington on a mission -- Deeper dive: A history of light bending -- Deeper dive: A modern-day solar eclipse -- 4. Expanding the universe -- 5. Black holes and testing general relativity -- Deeper dive: New tests of Einstein's theory -- 6. Quantum gravity -- Deeper dive: Black holes and the information paradox -- 7. Hearing black holes -- Deeper dive: LIGO and beyond -- Deeper dive: Gravitational waves lost and found -- 8. Imaging black holes -- Deeper dive: A history of illustrating black holes.
General relativity (Physics)
Gravity.
Quantum theory.
Astrophysics.
Gravitation.
Astrophysics.
General relativity (Physics)
Gravitation.
Gravity.
Quantum theory.