General Relativity And Gravitational Waves Av Sanjeev Dhurandhar, Sanjit Mitra

The aim of this two-volume title is to give a comprehensive review of one hundred years of development of general relativity and its scientific influences. This unique title provides a broad introduction and review to the fascinating and profound subject...

On 14 September 2015, after 50 years of searching,gravitational waves were detected for the first time and astronomy changed forever.

<p>The birth of a completely new branch of observational astronomy is a rare and exciting occurrence. For a long time, our theories about gravitational waves¿proposed by Albert Einstein and others more than a hundred years ago¿could never be fully...

<p>Gravitational waves were first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916, a year after the development of his new theory of gravitation known as the general theory of relativity. This theory established gravitation as the curvature of space-time produced...