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A comprehensive overview of our understanding of gravity at both the experimental and the theoretical level. Critical reviews by experts cover topics ranging from astrophysics (anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background, gamma ray bursts, neutron stars and astroparticles); cosmology; the status of gravitational wave sources and detectors; verification of Newton's law at short distances; the equivalence principle; gravito-magnetism; measurement theory; time machines and the foundations of Einstein's theory; and string theory and loop quantum gravity.

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Author:   Ignazio Ciufolini (Univ Di Lecce, Italy) ,  Daniele Dominici (Univ Di Firenze, Italy) ,  Luca Lusanna (Infn-firenze, Italy)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.30cm , Height: 24.10cm , Length: 3.20cm
Weight:   0.871kg
ISBN:  

9789812380890

ISBN 10:   9812380892
Pages:   524
Publication Date:   20 January 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Sub-millimeter tests of the gravitational inverse square law, E. Adelberger; imaging the early universe with the boomerang experiment, P. De Bernardis; sources of gravitational waves, V. Ferrari; gravitational radiation - a tool for testing general relativity, C. Will; computational simulation of black hole collisions, R. Matzner; gravito-magnetism - theory and measurement, I. Ciufolini; recent developments in astro-particle physics, A. Riotto; three experimental paradoxes with a common Planck-scale interpretation, G. Amelino-Camelia; a string theorist's view of quantum gravity, G. Horowitz; non-perturbative quantum gravity - the state of the art, C. Rovelli; physics in the presence of a time machine, I. Novikov; space-time, general covariance, Dirac-Bergmann observables and non-inertial frames, L. Lusanna. (Part contents)

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