Gravity from the Ground Up: An Introductory Guide to Gravity and General RelativityCambridge University Press, 4 dic 2003 - 462 páginas This book invites the reader to understand our Universe, not just marvel at it. From the clock-like motions of the planets to the catastrophic collapse of a star into a black hole, gravity controls the Universe. Gravity is central to modern physics, helping to answer the deepest questions about the nature of time, the origin of the Universe and the unification of the forces of nature. Linking key experiments and observations through careful physical reasoning, the author builds the reader's insight step-by-step from simple but profound facts about gravity on Earth to the frontiers of research. Topics covered include the nature of stars and galaxies, the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, black holes, gravitational waves, inflation and the Big Bang. Suitable for general readers and for undergraduate courses, the treatment uses only high-school level mathematics, supplemented by optional computer programs, to explain the laws of physics governing gravity. |
Índice
gravity takes center stage | 9 |
what goes up doesnt always come down | 19 |
a triumph for Newtonian gravity | 25 |
the real signature of gravity | 39 |
the cosmic rollercoaster | 51 |
keeping planets covered | 65 |
CONTENTS ix | 72 |
keeping the heat on | 85 |
logic and experiment in relativity | 195 |
finding out what is not relative | 211 |
Einstein climbs onto Newtons shoulders | 225 |
fashioning the geometry of gravity | 239 |
laboratories of strong gravity | 261 |
gravitys oneway street | 285 |
gravity speaks | 309 |
bringing the Universe into focus | 331 |
the emptiness of outer space | 103 |
why they are black bodies | 109 |
factories for the Universe | 121 |
the life cycle of the stars | 135 |
tidal forces on a huge scale | 153 |
atoms in the Universe | 163 |
Einstein stands on Galileos shoulders | 179 |
the study of everything | 345 |
the seed from which we grew | 367 |
the geometry of cosmology | 383 |
cosmic questions at the frontiers of gravity | 391 |
values of useful constants | 419 |
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