The Sky at Einstein's Feet (Paperback, 2006 ed.)

The insights of relativity have illuminated a century of astronomical discovery, often going beyond the phenomena that Einstein lived to see. This book shows, in nonmathematical ways, how deeply these ways of viewing the Universe have informed our interpretations of it, and how many of the amazing discoveries of these decades have made sense only as part of Einstein's universe. The author brings together the ways in which we see the bizarre effects of relativity played out on a cosmic scale. None of this is particularly new to practicing astronomers, but much has yet to be seen outside technical journals. The presentation avoids mathematics (except for the most famous equation in all of physics ), and is designed to be accessible to the interested public. Gravitational lenses, the visible effects of light-travel delays, the search for black holes, the ways relativity in atomic nuclei makes stars shine, are all treated.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Springer Praxis Books
Release date:	November 2005
First published:	October 2005
Authors:	William C. Keel
Dimensions:	242 x 170 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	246
Edition:	2006 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-26130-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
LSN:	0-387-26130-3
Barcode:	9780387261300

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