The Sky at Einstein’s Feet

• Main Author: Keel, William C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

Table of Contents:

• The sky at Einstein’s feet
• Bookkeeping at the speed of light
• Relativistic Matter
• From shifting stars to multiple quasars
• Through the gravitational telescope
• The stars themselves
• Extreme spacetime bending: black holes
• The shape of Einstein’s Universe
• The view from Einstein’s shoulders.