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The large scale structure of space-time

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The large scale structure of space-timeStephen W. Hawking, George F.R. Ellis ; foreword by Abhay Ashtekar.
Author:	Hawking, Stephen.
other author:	Ellis, George F. R.
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom :Cambridge University Press,2023.
Description:	xix, 391p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Feb 2023).
Subject:	Space and time.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009253161
ISBN:	9781009253161$q(electronic bk.)

The large scale structure of space-time
Hawking, Stephen.

The large scale structure of space-time[electronic resource] /Stephen W. Hawking, George F.R. Ellis ; foreword by Abhay Ashtekar. - 50th anniversary edition. - Cambridge, United Kingdom :Cambridge University Press,2023. - xix, 391p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics. - Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Feb 2023).

The role of gravity -- Differential geometry -- General relativity -- The physical significance of curvature -- Exact solutions -- Causal structure -- The Cauchy problem in General Relativity -- Space-time singularities -- Gravitational collapse and black holes -- The initial singularity in the universe.

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: 9781009253161$q(electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

176397
Space and time.

LC Class. No.: QC173.59.S65 / H38 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 530.11

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