Gravity

A complete treatment of all aspects of dark matter physicsThis book provides an incisive, self-contained introduction to one of the most intriguing subjects in modern physics, presenting the evidence we have from astrophysics for the existence of dark matter, the theories for what it could be, and the cutting-edge experimental and observational methods for testing them.

The description of Nature in physics currently falls into two parts: the microscopic and the macroscopic.

This unique textbook offers a mathematically rigorous presentation of the theory of relativity, emphasizing the need for a critical analysis of the foundations of general relativity in order to best study the theory and its implications.

This unique textbook offers a mathematically rigorous presentation of the theory of relativity, emphasizing the need for a critical analysis of the foundations of general relativity in order to best study the theory and its implications.

This book focuses on the quantum aspects of cosmology and black holes.

This book focuses on the quantum aspects of cosmology and black holes.

During its forty year lifespan, string theory has always had the power to divide, being called both a 'theory of everything' and a 'theory of nothing'.

During its forty year lifespan, string theory has always had the power to divide, being called both a 'theory of everything' and a 'theory of nothing'.

The express purpose of these lecture notes is to go through some aspects of the simplicial quantum gravity model known as the dynamical triangula- tions approach.

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This extended volume (in total 700+  pages, 124 b/w illustrations, 338 in colour) starts with an interesting Foreword entitled The Nature of beings and the Reasons of beings by the Rev.

This extended volume (in total 700+  pages, 124 b/w illustrations, 338 in colour) starts with an interesting Foreword entitled The Nature of beings and the Reasons of beings by the Rev.

Die heutige Physik befindet sich in einer tiefen Krise: Die die Gravitation beschreibende allgemeine Relativitätstheorie passt so gar nicht mit dem Standardmodell der Teilchenphysik zusammen,  welches die anderen Wechselwirkungen beschreibt.

Die heutige Physik befindet sich in einer tiefen Krise: Die die Gravitation beschreibende allgemeine Relativitätstheorie passt so gar nicht mit dem Standardmodell der Teilchenphysik zusammen,  welches die anderen Wechselwirkungen beschreibt.

Three eminent scientists, each well known for the clarity of their writing, present for students and researchers what is known about the internal structure, origin and evolution of White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes, all objects at the final stage of stellar evolution.

Modern astronomy has stretched its domains of exploration tremendously.

After the huge national and international success of 'Longitude' and 'Gallileo's Daughter', Dava Sobel tells the human story of the nine planets of our solar system.

'Includes exciting recent advances in studying gravity and its cosmic manifestations.

General relativity is one of the most profound statements in science.

There is little doubt that Einstein's theory of relativity captures the imagination.

A groundbreaking exploration of the laws governing the universe.

Physics: A Crash Courseisthe quickest way to get up to speed with the most fundamental of the sciences.

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The Fourth HEIDELBERG International Conference on Dark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physics, DARK2002, was held in Cape Town, South Africa, in the period 4-9 February 2002.

„Das vorliegende Büchlein soll solchen eine möglichst exakte Einsicht in die Relativitätstheorie vermitteln, die sich vom allgemein wissenschaftlichen, philosophischen Standpunkt für die Theorie interessieren, ohne den mathematischen Apparat der theoretischen Physik zu beherrschen.

„In der vorliegenden Ausarbeitung von vier Vorträgen, die ich an der Universität Princeton im Mai 1921 gehalten habe, wollte ich die Hauptgedanken und mathematischen Methoden der Relativitätstheorie zusammenfassen.

The exploration of the first billion years of the history of the Universe represents one of the great challenges of contemporary astrophysics.

One of the most of exciting aspects is the general relativity pred- tion of black holes and the Such Big Bang.

In a distilled and pedagogical fashion, the contributions to this volume of the famous summer school in Les Houches cover the recent developments in supersymmetric string theory, the gauge theory/string theory correspondence and string duality.

Theoretical physics is presently at a very exciting time in the history of scientific discovery.

Fourteen years is a long time, and especially in the field of cosmology new observational results and new theoretical ideas seem to appear at a steadily increasing rate.

Questo libro offre un'introduzione alla meccanica statistica, alla relativita ristretta e alla fisica quantistica, sviluppata a partire dagli appunti del corso di "e;Fisica Quantistica"e; presso l'Universita di Padova.

Questo libro offre un'introduzione alla meccanica statistica, alla relativita ristretta e alla fisica quantistica, sviluppata a partire dagli appunti del corso di "e;Fisica Quantistica"e; presso l'Universita di Padova.

The essays in this topical volume inquire into one of the most fundamental issues of philosophy and of the cognitive and natural sciences: the riddle of time.

Pulsar timing is a promising method for detecting gravitational waves in the nano-Hertz band.

Written by foremost experts, this short book gives a clear description of the physics of quantum black holes.

Special relativity is the basis of many fields in modern physics: particle physics, quantum field theory, high-energy astrophysics, etc.

For more than a century, quantum mechanics has served as a very powerful theory that has expanded physics and technology far beyond their classical limits, yet it has also produced some of the most difficult paradoxes known to the human mind.

Following the birth of the laser in 1960, the field of "e;nonlinear optics"e; rapidly emerged.

This thesis focuses on the recent firewall controversy surrounding evaporating black holes, and shows that in the best understood example concerning electrically charged black holes with a flat event horizon in anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetime, the firewall does not arise.

This thesis focuses on the recent firewall controversy surrounding evaporating black holes, and shows that in the best understood example concerning electrically charged black holes with a flat event horizon in anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetime, the firewall does not arise.

Recent state-of-the-art technologies in fabricating low-loss optical and mechanical components have significantly motivated the study of quantum-limited measurements with optomechanical devices.

In this book, the author leads the reader, step by step and without any advanced mathematics, to a clear understanding of the foundations of modern elementary particle physics and cosmology.

Research on polyhedral manifolds often points to unexpected connections between very distinct aspects of Mathematics and Physics.

"e;General Relativity Without Calculus"e; offers a compact but mathematically correct introduction to the general theory of relativity, assuming only a basic knowledge of high school mathematics and physics.

This book continues the fundamental work of Arnold Sommerfeld and David Hestenes formulating theoretical physics in terms of Minkowski space-time geometry.