Reinventing gravity
Subtitle: a physicist goes beyond Einstein
By: John W. Moffat.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780061170881
Subjects: Quantum gravity; Astrophysics; General relativity (Physics)
Description: Arguing that Einstein's relativity and the theory of quantum mechanics are fundamentally incompatible, an introduction to the author's modified gravity theory traces recent work in string theory and quantum gravity while revealing how MOG explains the universe's behavior without relying on invisible dark matter.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A new gravity theory; title: The elusive planet Vulcan, a parable; title: Discovering and reinventing gravity; title: The Greeks to Newton; title: Einstein; title: The standard model of gravity; title: The beginnings of modern cosmology; title: Dark matter; title: Conventional black holes; title: Updating the standard model; title: Inflation and variable speed of light (VSL); title: New cosmological data; title: Searching for a new gravity theory; title: Strings and quantum gravity; title: Other alternative gravity theories; title: Modified gravity (MOG); title: Envisioning and testing the MOG universe; title: The pioneer anomaly; title: MOG as a predictive theory; title: Cosmology without dark matter; title: Do black holes exist in nature?; title: Dark energy and the accelerating universe; title: The eternal universe.