Gravity, Gauge Theories and Quantum Cosmology

by Jayant V. Narlikar and Thanu Padmanabhan

Book Overview

For several decades since its inception, Einstein's general theory of relativity stood somewhat aloof from the rest of physics. Paradoxically, the attributes which normally boost a physical theory - namely, its perfection as a theoreti- cal framework and the extraordinary intellectual achievement underlying i- prevented the general theory from being assimilated in the mainstream of physics. It was as if theoreticians hesitated to tamper with something...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027719489
• ISBN13: 9789027719485
• Release Date: July 1986
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"