First published in 1973, this influential work discusses Einstein's General Theory of Relativity to show how two of its predictions arise: first, that the ultimate fate of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse to form 'black holes'; and second, that there was a singularity in the past at the beginning of the universe. Starting with a precise formulation of the theory, including the necessary differential geometry, the authors discuss the significance of space-time curvature and examine the properties of a number of exact solutions of Einstein's field equations.
They develop the theory of the causal structure of a general space-time, and use it to prove a number of theorems establishing the inevitability of singularities under certain conditions. A Foreword contributed by Abhay Ashtekar and a new Preface from George Ellis help put the volume into context of the developments in the field over the past fifty years.
| ISBN: | 9781009253154 |
| Publication date: | 16th February 2023 |
| Author: | Stephen Hawking, George F R Ellis |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 410 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics |
| Genres: |
Relativity physics |
First published in 1973, this influential work discusses Einstein's General Theory of Relativity to show how two of its predictions arise: first, that the ultimate fate of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse to form 'black holes'; and second, that there was a singularity in the past at the beginning of the universe. Starting with a precise formulation of the theory, including the necessary differential geometry, the authors discuss the significance of space-time curvature and examine the properties of a number of exact solutions of Einstein's field equations.
The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time features in the following genres: Relativity physics, Cosmology and the universe, Mathematical physics
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The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time was written by Stephen Hawking, George F R Ellis and published by Cambridge University Press
The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time has 410 pages
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