The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics 1)

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A little shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Dust jacket has been neatly laminated onto book covers. Owner stamp on inside front cover. Some ink UNDERLINING in text. Otherwise a nice solid book. Index. xi, 391 pp. Seller Inventory # 064041

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Synopsis: Einstein's General Theory of Relativity leads to two remarkable predictions: first, that the ultimate destiny of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse and to disappear from view, leaving behind a 'black hole' in space; and secondly, that there will exist singularities in space-time itself. These singularities are places where space-time begins or ends, and the presently known laws of physics break down. They will occur inside black holes, and in the past are what might be construed as the beginning of the universe. To show how these predictions arise, the authors discuss the General Theory of Relativity in the large. Starting with a precise formulation of the theory and an account of the necessary background of differential geometry, the significance of space-time curvature is discussed and the global properties of a number of exact solutions of Einstein's field equations are examined. The theory of the causal structure of a general space-time is developed, and is used to study black holes and to prove a number of theorems establishing the inevitability of singualarities under certain conditions. A discussion of the Cauchy problem for General Relativity is also included in this 1973 book.

Book Description: This 1973 book discusses Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and its two remarkable predictions: first, that the ultimate destiny of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse and to disappear from view, leaving behind a 'black hole' in space; and secondly, that there will exist singularities in space-time itself.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1973
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition