This book is written in a pedagogical style intelligible for graduate students. It reviews recent progress in black-hole and wormhole theory and in mathematical cosmology within the framework of Einstein's field equations and beyond, including quantum effects. This collection of essays, written by leading scientists of long standing reputation, should become an indispensable source for future research.
| ISBN: | 9783642086137 |
| Publication date: | 8th December 2010 |
| Author: | Geometry and Relativity Samos Meeting on Cosmology, Spiros Cotsakis, G W Gibbons |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 251 pages |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Genres: |
Gravity Astrophysics Geometry Topology Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment and methods |