The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time is a book on the theoretical physics of space-time , written by Stephen Hawking and George Ellis . First published in 1973 by Cambridge University Press .
| The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Author | Stephen Hawking , George Ellis |
| Genre | scientific literature |
| Original language | English |
| Original published | 1973 |
| Series | Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Release | 1973 |
| Pages | 400 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780521200165 |
| Large-scale space-time structure | |
|---|---|
| The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time | |
 | |
| Author | Stephen Hawking , George Ellis |
| Genre | scientific literature |
| Original language | English |
| Original published | 1977 |
| Translator | Translated from English by E. A. Tagirov edited by Y. A. Smorodinsky |
| Publisher | M. - Publishing house "Mir" . Physics Literature |
| Pages | 433 |
In this 384-page book, Hawking and Ellis attempt to describe the essence of space as a whole, as well as reveal the nature of the infinite expansion of the universe and the formation of black holes . The authors use differential geometry to study the consequences of Einstein's general theory of relativity , but the results are also valid in other metric theories of gravity , in which the gravitational interaction is always attractive. The global space-time research methods systematically described in the monograph are used to study singularities and space-time defects , in particular, to obtain singularity theorems .
Hawking wrote this book as a postdoc at Cambridge University , based on his 1966 essay, Singularities and the Geometry of Spacetime [1] , awarded the Adams Prize [2] . In a later “ Brief History of Time ” of 1988, he describes the book The Large-Scale Structure of Space-Time as “Extremely Technical” and incomprehensible to the average reader, even with scientific background [3] .
Nowadays, this book is considered a classic book on the general theory of relativity [3] [4] , as well as an outstanding monograph of the mathematical direction of the description of Lorentzian geometry as a whole [5] . It has been reprinted many times. In 1977, a Russian translation of the book was published, also reprinted in 1998 by the publishing house of IO NFMI in the series Masterpieces of World Physics and Mathematics Literature .
Notes
- ↑ Hawking, Stephen. Singularities and the geometry of spacetime // The European Physical Journal H. - 2014.- T. 39 , No. 4 . - S. 413-503 . - ISSN 2102-6459 . - DOI : 10.1140 / epjh / e2014-50013-6 .
- ↑ Ellis, George FR Stephen Hawking's 1966 Adams Prize Essay (Eng.) // The European Physical Journal H. - 2014. - Vol. 39 , no. 4 . - P. 403-411 . - ISSN 2102-6459 . - DOI : 10.1140 / epjh / e2014-50014-x . Archived on August 16, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Kamberg ML Stephen Hawking . - Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated, 2014. - S. 44. - (Great Science Writers Series). - ISBN 9781477776841 .
- ↑ Chris Hillman (with contributions by Nathan Urban). Are There Any Good Books on Relativity Theory? (eng.) . DESY (September 1998). Date of treatment August 15, 2015. Archived on April 25, 2014.
- ↑ Pseudo-Riemannian space: Editorial comments // Encyclopaedia of Mathematics ( Ed. ) / Ed. by M. Hazewinkel . - Springer Netherlands, 2012. - Vol. 7: Orbit - Rayleigh Equation. - (Encyclopaedia of Mathematics). - ISBN 9789401512374 .