Einstein's dream
Subtitle: the search for a unified theory of the universe
By: Barry Parker
Publisher: Perseus Pub.
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781429494274
Subjects: Waves & Wave Mechanics; SCIENCE; Unified field theories; Cosmology
Other titles: Search for a unified theory of the universe
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-278) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: 1: The goal; title: The search for meaning; title: Einstein's dream; title: 2: Warped space-time; title: Curved space; title: Einstein and warped space-time; title: Extreme warping; title: 3: Early unified field theories; title: Farada, Maxwell, and the electromagnetic field; title: Early attempts at unification; title: Einstein's unified field theory; title: 4: Star death; title: Eddington; title: The life cycle of a star; title: Chandrasekhar and the white dwarfs; title: Beyond the white dwarf; title: Reflection; title: 5: The ultimate abyss: the black hole; title: Oppenheimer and continuing collapse; title: Collapse of a star to a black hole; title: Inside a black hole; title: Other types of black holes; title: Searching for black holes; title: Other black hole candidates; title: A realistic look at the exotic possibilities; title: Where the theory breaks down; title: The discovery of evaporating black holes; title: The link between general relativity and quantum mechanics; title: 6: The early universe; title: Discovery of the expanding universe; title: Back to the big bang; title: The ultimate singularity; title: Inflation; title: The Hadron Era; title: The Lepton Era; title: The Radiation Era; title: The cosmic background radiation; title: The Galaxy Era; title: Reflection; title: 7: Cosmological controversy; title: The age of the universe; title: The redshift controversy; title: Rival cosmologies; title: Varying G cosmologies and cosmic numbers; title: Antimatter and other cosmologies; title: Other universes; title: 8: The final fate of the universe; title: The missing mass; title: Other methods of determining if the universe is open or closed; title: Fate of the closed universe; title: Bounce; title: Fate of the open universe; title: 9: The world of particles and fields; title: Dirac's equation; title: The infinities; title: Renormalization; title: Yukawa; title: Gauge theory; title: The weak interactions; title: Quantum chromodynamics; title: 10: Unified theory of the universe; title: Supergravity and superstrings; title: Twistors and heaven (H space); title: 11: Epilogue; title: The future; title: The new Einstein.