Three hundred years of gravitation

edited by S.W. Hawking, W. Israel

To commemorate the 300th anniversary of the publication of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Stephen Hawking and Werner Israel have assembled a series of unique review papers by many of the world's foremost researchers in cosmology, relativity and particle physics. The resulting volume reflects the significant and exciting advances that have been made in these fields since the editor's acclaimed volume published in 1979: General Relativity: An Einstein Centenary Survey. Newton's immense contribution to the physical sciences is assessed, and its relevance to today's physics made clear. The international contributors then chart the major developments in the study of gravitation, from Newtonian gravity to black hole physics. In the fields of galaxy formation, inflationary and quantum cosmology, and superstring unification, the book provides important overviews written by workers involved in many of the advances described. By shaping such a wide-ranging and scholarly series of articles into a cohesive whole, the editors have created a fitting and lasting memorial to the man who continues to inspire scientists the world over. This book is an essential reference source of the latest advances in gravitational physics and relativistic cosmology.

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[目次]

  • Preface
  • 1. Newton's Principia S. W. Hawking
  • 2. Newtonianism and today's physics S. Weinberg
  • 3. Newton, quantum theory and reality R. Penrose
  • 4. Experiments on gravitation A. H. Cook
  • 5. Experimental gravitation from Newton's Principia to Einstein's general relativity C. M. Will
  • 6. The problem of motion in Newtonian and Einsteinian gravity T. Damour
  • 7. Dark stars: the evolution of an idea W. Israel
  • 8. Astrophysical black holes R. D. Blandford
  • 9. Gravitational radiation K. S. Thorne
  • 10. The emergence of structure in the universe: galaxy formation and dark matter M. J. Rees
  • 11. Gravitational interactions of cosmic strings A. Vilenkin
  • 12. Inflationary cosmology S. K. Blau and A. H. Guth
  • 13. Inflation and quantum cosmology A. Linde
  • 14. Quantum cosmology S. W. Hawking
  • 15. Superstring unification J. H. Schwartz
  • 16. Covariant description of canonical formalism in geometrical theories C. Crnkowic and E. Witten
  • Index.

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書名 Three hundred years of gravitation
著作者等 Hawking, Stephen
Israel, W.
Hawking Stephen
書名別名 300 years of gravitation
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 c1987
ページ数 xiii, 684 p.
大きさ 26 cm
ISBN 0521343127
0521379768
NCID BA01223092
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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