Gravity

"e;From nothing I have created a new different world,"e; wrote Janos Bolyai to his father, Wolgang Bolyai, on November 3, 1823, to let him know his discovery of non-Euclidean geometry, as we call it today.

Relativity Made Relatively Easy presents an extensive study of Special Relativity and a gentle (but exact) introduction to General Relativity for undergraduate students of physics.

This book is a tribute to the scientific legacy of GianCarlo Ghirardi, who was one of the most influential scientists in the field of modern foundations of quantum theory.

GNSS Seismogeodesy: Theory and Applications combines GNSS and seismology theory and applications to offer both disciplines the background information needed to combine forces.

Documenting the different formulations of general relativity, this book reveals valuable insight into the nature of the gravitational force.

These three lectures cover a certain aspect of complexity and black holes, namely the relation to the second law of thermodynamics.

Special and General Relativity are concisely developed together with essential aspects of nuclear and particle physics.

Space missions subject human beings or any other target of a spacecraft to a radiation environment of an intensity and composition not available on earth.

International Series in Natural Philosophy, Volume 86: Gravitation and Relativity provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of the theories of gravitation.

Suitable for a one-semester course in general relativity for senior undergraduates or beginning graduate students, this text clarifies the mathematical aspects of Einstein's theory of relativity without sacrificing physical understanding.

Gravitational physics has now become a mainstream topic in physics and physics teaching.

A world-renowned physicist seeks gravity's true nature and finds wisdom in embracing its force in her lifeClaudia de Rham has been playing with gravity her entire life.

In Controversy, Trevor Palmer fully documents how traditional gradualistic views of biological and geographic evolution are giving way to a catastrophism that credits cataclysmic events, such as meteorite impacts, for the rapid bursts and abrupt transitions observed in the fossil record.

Covering all aspects of gravitation in a contemporary style, this advanced textbook is ideal for graduate students and researchers.

Understanding the stars is the bedrock of modern astrophysics.

The material in this book forms the basis of an interdisciplinary, college-level course, which uses science fiction film as a vehicle for exploring science concepts.

This book aims to integrate, in a pedagogical and technical manner, with detailed derivations, all essential principles of fundamental theoretical physics as developed over the past 100 years.

This book explores the history of gravity, from Aristotle to Einstein, as a detailed case study for explaining scientific method for non-specialists.

The aim of State of the Universe 2007 (and subsequent volumes issued annually) is to provide an annual astronomy review suitable for the popular science level reader to be published every year in September in a format that will be suitable for an appeal to the Christmas market.

This book offers an updated comprehensive review of the rapidly expanding field of GRMHD simulations.

The ancient Greeks believed that everything in the Universe should be describable in terms of geometry.

Sponsored by the Global Foundation, Inc.

This is a book about physics, written for mathematicians.

The spectacular images of galaxy collisions capture the imagination.

In light of the barrage of popular books on physics and cosmology, one may question the need for another.

The central subject matter of this book is Einstein's special theory of relativiry.

This volume contains invited papers and contributions delivered at the International Conference on Hamiltonian Mechanics: Integrability and Chaotic Behaviour, held in Tornn, Poland during the summer of 1993.

This book consists of contributions from the participants of the Abel Symposium 2019 held in Alesund, Norway.

Erhard Scheibe is one of the most outstanding German philosophers of science.

A brief introduction to gravity through Einstein's general theory of relativityOf the four fundamental forces of nature, gravity might be the least understood and yet the one with which we are most intimate.

This book seeks to present a new way of thinking about the interaction of gravitational fields with quantum systems.

A century ago, in 1905, Albert Einstein published, "e;On the Electrodynamics of M- ing Bodies,"e; in which the foundations were laid for the Special Theory of Relativity.

Presents the particle dynamics relevant to general relativity, and the field dynamics necessary to understand the theory, to advanced undergraduates.

Introducing the theoretical ideas, observational methods and results in dark energy, this textbook is a thorough introduction to dark energy for graduate courses.

th The 29 International Conference was held as the first one of the millennium at its Fort Lauderdale venue.

In this book are reported the main results presented at the "e;Fourth International Workshop on Data Analysis in Astronomy"e;, held at the Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily, Italy, on April 12-19, 1991.

Mergers are the mechanisms by which galaxy clusters are assembled through the hierarchical growth of smaller clusters and groups.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration into the intertwined realms of Einstein's theory of general relativity, the discoveries of black holes, and the quantum conundrums that challenge our understanding of the universe.

This volume provides a detailed description of some of the most active areas in astrophysics from the largest scales probed by the Planck satellite to massive black holes that lie at the heart of galaxies and up to the much awaited but stunning discovery of thousands of exoplanets.

Primordial black holes (PBHs) were proposed more than 50 years ago as black holes possibly formed across a vast mass range in the early universe.

Multiply charged ions have always been in the focus of atomic physics, astrophysics, plasma physics, and theoretical physics.

Calibrating the Cosmos describes hard science, but is gently written.

Based on courses taught at the University of Dublin, Carnegie Mellon University, and mostly at Simon Fraser University, this book presents the special theory of relativity from a mathematical point of view.

From August 21 through August 27, 1989 the Nato Advanced Research Workshop Probabilistic Methods in Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Gravity"e; was held at l'Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques, Cargese, France.

I have always loved the stars.