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This book gives a detailed, up-to-date account of the
Lense-Thirring effect and its implications for physics and
astrophysics. Starting from a profound intuition of Lense and
Thirring in 1918, based on a simple solution to the linearized
Einstein field equations, this has emerged in the past four decades
as a phenomenon of extraordinary importance in cosmology, radio
jets in quasars, and the physics of neutron stars and black holes,
besides leading to some of the most sophisticated experiments ever
performed in the space surrounding our planet. The book contains
the contributions presented at the "Third William Fairbank
Meeting," which have been expanded by adding a complete set of
classical and prominent contemporary papers on this subject and a
general introduction by R Ruffini.
A meeting on "Astrophysics. from Spacelab" was held at the
Internatio- nal Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, in the
Autumn of 1976. Scope of the meeting was to bring to the attention
of an increasing number of physi- cists and astrophysicists,
including scientists from developing countries, the new facil ities
made available by the combination of the Shuttle and the Spacelab
programmes. This book starts from that meeting and includes,
together with reports presented in Trieste, duly updated, a few
additional reviews on selected to- pi cs. In the first part,
D.J.Shapland and G.Giampalmo (liThe Shuttle and the Spacelab")
present the design and the programmatic data of these advanced
transportation systems and orbital laboratories. Vittorio Manno
introduces the scientific programmes coordinated and led to
execution by the European Space Agency ("ESA Programmes in
Astronomy and Astrophys i cs "). J. D. Rosendha 1 (liThe NASA
Programmes in Astronomy and Astrophysics") summarizes the activi-
ties in solar physics, high-energy astrophysics and astronomy
planned in the United States of America by the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration as well as the expected use of the space
shuttle and spacelab in their first year of operation.
This book contains a set of articles based on a session of the
annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science held in San Francisco in February, 1974. The reason for the
meeting arose from the need to communicate to the largest possible
scientific community the dramatic advances which have been made in
recent years in the understanding of collapsed objects: neutron
stars and black holes. Thanks to an unprecedented resonance between
X-ray, y-ray, radio and optical astronomy and important new
theoretical developments in relativistic astro physics, a new deep
understanding has been acquired of the physical processes oc
curring in the late stages of evolution of stars. This knowledge
may be one of the greatest conquests of man's understanding of
nature in this century. This book aims to give an essential and
up-to-date view in this field. The analysis of the physics and
astrophysics of neutron stars and black holes is here attacked from
both theoretical and experimental points of view. In the
experimental field we range from the reviews and catalogues of
galactic X-ray sources (R. Gursky and E. Schreier) and pulsars (E.
Groth) to the observations of the optical counter part of X-ray
sources (P. Boynton) to finally the recently discovered gamma-ray
bursts (I. Strong) and pulse astronomy R. B. Partridge)."
This book contains a set of articles based on a session of the
annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science held in San Francisco in February, 1974. The reason for the
meeting arose from the need to communicate to the largest possible
scientific community the dramatic advances which have been made in
recent years in the understanding of collapsed objects: neutron
stars and black holes. Thanks to an unprecedented resonance between
X-ray, y-ray, radio and optical astronomy and important new
theoretical developments in relativistic astro physics, a new deep
understanding has been acquired of the physical processes oc
curring in the late stages of evolution of stars. This knowledge
may be one of the greatest conquests of man's understanding of
nature in this century. This book aims to give an essential and
up-to-date view in this field. The analysis of the physics and
astrophysics of neutron stars and black holes is here attacked from
both theoretical and experimental points of view. In the
experimental field we range from the reviews and catalogues of
galactic X-ray sources (R. Gursky and E. Schreier) and pulsars (E.
Groth) to the observations of the optical counter part of X-ray
sources (P. Boynton) to finally the recently discovered gamma-ray
bursts (I. Strong) and pulse astronomy R. B. Partridge)."
The third edition of this classic textbook is a quantitative
introduction for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. It
gently guides students from Newton's gravitational theory to
special relativity, and then to the relativistic theory of
gravitation. General relativity is approached from several
perspectives: as a theory constructed by analogy with Maxwell's
electrodynamics, as a relativistic generalization of Newton's
theory, and as a theory of curved spacetime. The authors provide a
concise overview of the important concepts and formulas, coupled
with the experimental results underpinning the latest research in
the field. Numerous exercises in Newtonian gravitational theory and
Maxwell's equations help students master essential concepts for
advanced work in general relativity, while detailed spacetime
diagrams encourage them to think in terms of four-dimensional
geometry. Featuring comprehensive reviews of recent experimental
and observational data, the text concludes with chapters on
cosmology and the physics of the Big Bang and inflation.
This detailed survey comprises reprints on subjects related to the
development of quantum cosmology. As an introduction, an overview
is included.
Now more than ever, Gravitation and Spacetime, Second Edition, by
Hans C. Ohanian and new coauthor Remo Ruffini, deserves John
Wheeler s praise as "the best book on the market today of 500 pages
or less on gravitation and general relativity." Gravitation and
Spacetime has been thoroughly updated with the most exciting finds
and hottest theoretical topics in general relativity and cosmology.
Highlights of the revision include the rise and fall of the fifth
force, principles and applications of gravitational lensing, COBE s
spectacular confirmation of the blackbody spectrum of the cosmic
thermal radiation, theories of dark matter and inflation, and the
early universe as a testing ground for particle physicists
unification theories, and much, much more. The ideal choice for a
graduate-level introduction to general relativity, Gravitation and
Spacetime is also suitable for an advanced undergaduate course."
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