{"product_id":"general-relativity-the-most-beautiful-of-theories-9783110340426","title":"General Relativity: The most beautiful of theories","description":"  \u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\" http-equiv=\"content-type\"\u003e \u003cmeta name=\"generator\" content=\"mshtml 8.00.6001.23644\"\u003e  \u003cp\u003eGeneralising Newton's law of gravitation, general relativity is one of the pillars of modern physics. While applications in the beginning were restricted to isolated effects such as a proper understanding of Mercury's orbit, the second half of the twentieth century saw a massive development of applications. These include cosmology, gravitational waves, and even very practical results for satellite based positioning systems as well as different approaches to unite general relativity with another very successful branch of physics – quantum theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the occassion of general relativity's centennial, leading scientists in the different branches of gravitational research review the history and recent advances in the main fields of applications of the theory, which was referred to by Lev Landau as “the most beautiful of the existing physical theories”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributions from: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAndy C. Fabian, Anthony L. Lasenby, Astrophysical black Holes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeil Ashby, GNSS and other applications of General Relativity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGene Byrd, Arthur Chernin, Pekka Teerikorpi, Mauri Vaaltonen, Observations of general Relativity at strong and weaks limits \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIgnazio Ciufolini, General Relativity and dragging of inertial frames \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarlo Rovelli, The strange world of quantum spacetime\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carlo Rovelli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48260936237307,"sku":"9783110340426","price":230.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_a680d953-bacc-4d2c-beaf-c18ff889bf0e.jpg?v=1778452245","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/general-relativity-the-most-beautiful-of-theories-9783110340426","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}