The Sky at Einstein's Feet

William C. Keel

246 pages, parution le 01/12/2005

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Résumé

The insights of relativity have illuminated a century of astronomical discovery, often going beyond the phenomena that Einstein lived to see. This book shows, in nonmathematical ways, how deeply these ways of viewing the Universe have informed our interpretations of it, and how many of the amazing discoveries of these decades have made sense only as part of Einstein's universe.

The author brings together the ways in which we see the bizarre effects of relativity played out on a cosmic scale. None of this is particularly new to practicing astronomers, but much has yet to be seen outside technical journals. The presentation avoids mathematics (except for the most famous equation in all of physics!), and is designed to be accessible to the interested public. Gravitational lenses, the visible effects of light-travel delays, the search for black holes, the ways relativity in atomic nuclei makes stars shine, are all treated. In many cases, some of the principals are still alive and provided new commentary on the discoveries. Numerous illustrations are newly produced from data in the archives of such observatories as Hubble and Chandra.

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Popular astronomy and popular science readers

L'auteur - William C. Keel

Keel, William C., University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA

Sommaire

The Sky at Einstein's Feet
Bookkeeping at the speed of light
Relativistic matter
From shifting stars to multiple quasars
Through the gravitational telescope
The stars themselves
Extreme spacetime bending: black holes
The shape of Einstein's Universe
The view from Einstein's shoulders
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Praxis Publishing, Springer
Auteur(s)	William C. Keel
Parution	01/12/2005
Nb. de pages	246
Format	17 x 24
Couverture	Broché
Poids	532g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780387261300
ISBN13	978-0-387-26130-0