Name: The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
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Author: Hawking, Stephen ; Hawking, S. W. ; Landshoff, Peter
ISBN: 9780521099066

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

Type

Physical Book

Author

Stephen Hawking

S. W. Hawking

Illustrated by

Peter Landshoff

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

1975

Language

English

Pages

404

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.7 x 15.1 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.54 kg.

ISBN

0521099064

ISBN13

9780521099066

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

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.

Stephen Hawking

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He held, until 2009, the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics once held by Newton at the University of Cambridge, and was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord in 1989. Universally recognized as one of the greatest theoretical physicists in the world, Professor Hawking has written, despite his severe physical limitations, dozens of articles that together represent a contribution to science that we are still not able to properly assess. His first popular science book, A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes (Critica, 1988) and The Universe in a Nutshell (Critica, 2002), are followed by A Briefer History of Time—written with Leonard Mlodinow—and the anthologies On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy (Critica 2003), the illustrated edition of the latter (Critica 2004), God Created the Numbers: The Mathematical Discoveries that Changed History (Critica 2006) and The Grand Design: The Great Works of Albert Einstein (Critica, 2008)

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