100 YEARS OF RELATIVITY<br> Space-Time Structure: Einstein and Beyond

100 YEARS OF RELATIVITY
Space-Time Structure: Einstein and Beyond

CONTENTS

FRONT MATTER	i
Part I: From Newton to Einstein – Paradigm Shifts
From Newton to Einstein: Paradigm Shifts	1
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPTS OF SPACE, TIME AND SPACE-TIME FROM NEWTON TO EINSTEIN JOHN STACHEL	3
Part II: Einstein's Universe – Ramifications of General Relativity
Einstein's Universe: Ramifications of General Relativity	37
GRAVITATIONAL BILLIARDS, DUALITIES AND HIDDEN SYMMETRIES H. NICOLAI	39
THE NATURE OF SPACETIME SINGULARITIES ALAN D. RENDALL	76
BLACK HOLES – AN INTRODUCTION PIOTR T. CHRUŚCIEL	93
THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF BLACK HOLE ASTROPHYSICS RICHARD H. PRICE	124
PROBING SPACE-TIME THROUGH NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS PABLO LAGUNA	152
UNDERSTANDING OUR UNIVERSE: CURRENT STATUS AND OPEN ISSUES T. PADMANABHAN	175
WAS EINSTEIN RIGHT?: TESTING RELATIVITY AT THE CENTENARY CLIFFORD M. WILL	205
RECEIVING GRAVITATIONAL WAVES PETER R. SAULSON	228
RELATIVITY IN THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM NEIL ASHBY	257
Part III: Beyond Einstein – Unifying General Relativity with Quantum Physics
Beyond Einstein: Unifying General Relativity with Quantum Physics	291
SPACETIME IN SEMICLASSICAL GRAVITY L. H. FORD	293
SPACE TIME IN STRING THEORY TOM BANKS	311
QUANTUM GEOMETRY AND ITS RAMIFICATIONS ABHAY ASHTEKAR	350
LOOP QUANTUM COSMOLOGY MARTIN BOJOWALD	382
CONSISTENT DISCRETE SPACE-TIME RODOLFO GAMBINI and JORGE PULLIN	415
CAUSAL SETS AND THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF SPACETIME FAY DOWKER	445
THE TWISTOR APPROACH TO SPACE-TIME STRUCTURES ROGER PENROSE	465

BACK MATTER	507
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