Name: The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
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Author: Stephen Hawking
ISBN: 9780521099066

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

Type

Physical Book

Author

Stephen Hawking

G. F. R. Ellis

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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Ocupó, hasta 2009, la cátedra Lucasiana de Matemáticas que en otro tiempo tuvo Newton en la Universidad de Cambridge, y fue condecorado con el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de la Concordia en 1989. Reconocido universalmente como uno de los más grandes físicos teóricos del mundo, el profesor Hawking ha escrito, pese a sus enormes limitaciones físicas, docenas de artículos que significan en conjunto una aportación a la ciencia que aún no somos capaces de evaluar adecuadamente. A su primera obra de divulgación, Historia del tiempo. Del big bang a los agujeros negros (Crítica, 1988) y El universo en una cáscara de nuez (Crítica, 2002), se le suman Brevísima historia del tiempo —escrita con Leonard Mlodinow— y las antologías A hombros de gigantes. Las grandes obras de la Física y la Astronomía (Crítica 2003), la edición ilustrada de esta última obra (Crítica 2004), Dios creó los números. Los descubrimientos matemáticos que cambiaron la Historia (Crítica 2006) y La gran ilusión. Las grandes obras de Albert Einstein (Crítica, 2008).

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