By A Ashtekar et al (eds)
Cambridge University Press
On the occasion of the centennial of Einstein’s discovery of general relativity, the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation commissioned a team of leading international researchers to write about the advances that have occurred in all of the branches of physics during the last three decades. Through 12 comprehensive chapters, the volume gives an overview of key topics in relativistic astrophysics, cosmology and gravitational-wave theories, as well as mathematics and computational science. The book in intended both for beginners, who could use it as an introduction to the entire field, and for more advanced researchers, especially if they are interested in subjects that are outside of their field of expertise. Organised in four parts, each of about five chapters, the book guides the reader on a journey from the triumph of Einstein’s theory of relativity through the phenomenon of gravitational waves, to quantum gravity.
