Springer Handbook of Spacetime

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ashtekar, Abhay (Editor), Petkov, Vesselin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Gravitation.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

The Springer Handbook of Spacetime is dedicated to the ground-breaking paradigm shifts embodied in the two relativity theories, and describes in detail the profound reshaping of physical sciences they ushered in. It includes in a single volume chapters on foundations, on the underlying mathematics,...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Spacetime Structure
• Foundational Issues
• Spacetime Structure and Mathematics
• Confronting Relativity Theories with Observations
• General Relativity and the Universe
• Spacetime Beyond Einstein.