The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time: 50th Anniversary Edition (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)

Excellent value classic.

なんと50周年記念版が出た（初版は1973年。当時はたくさんの一般相対性理論の重要な書籍が刊行された）。本文の内容に変更はないが、Abhay Ashtekarが本書の意義を、共著者のGeorge Ellisが初版以降の発展と文脈を紹介している、 蛇足となるが、本書ではアインシュタインの重力の理論である一般相対性理論が予測した重力崩壊による「ブラックホール」があること（アインシュタインの場の方程式の厳密解）、膨張宇宙に過去の特異点から始まった（時空の因果構造）ことを説明している。

Back when it first came out, this book appeared on the shelf at my university bookstore. I picked it up, looked through the pages which appeared to me then about as comprehensible as dense hieroglyphics, and quickly replaced it on the shelf. That was before I even had exposure to Special Relativity. Many years later I have much more background and perspective. Although still not prepared to digest the contents of this book in detail, I can appreciate what the authors are doing. The book includes painstaking diagrams which are extremely useful in gleaning an understanding. Now I can appreciate this as a work of true geniuses. I don't know how long it took them to arrive at the final printed version, but years of painstaking work is a good guess. If you are "into" General Relativity and Black Holes, this is a must have, especially at the publisher's extremely modest price for the 50th anniversary edition.

Es una excelente elección, tanto el producto como el contenido del libro. Libro para estudiar y de colección.

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