One Hundred Years of General Relativity
Subtitle: From Genesis and Empirical Foundations to Gravitational Waves, Cosmology and Quantum Gravity
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Published: 2016
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789814635127
Subjects: General relativity (physics); Cosmology; Quantum gravity; Gravitational waves
Description: "The aim of this two-volume title is to give a comprehensive review of one hundred years of development of general relativity and its scientific influences. This unique title provides a broad introduction and review to the fascinating and profound subject of general relativity, its historical development, its important theoretical consequences, gravitational wave detection and applications to astrophysics and cosmology. The series focuses on five aspects of the theory: Genesis, Solutions and Energy Empirical Foundations, Gravitational Waves, Cosmology, Quantum Gravity. The first three topics are covered in Volume 1 and the remaining two are covered in Volume 2. While this is a two-volume title, it is designed so that each volume can be a stand-alone reference volume for the related topic"--