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Author:

Moffat, John W.

Title:

Reinventing gravity : a physicist goes beyond Einstein / John W. Moffat.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Smithsonian Books/Collins,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xiv, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Quantum gravity.
Astrophysics.
General relativity (Physics)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-259) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: A new gravity theory -- Prologue: The elusive planet Vulcan, a parable -- Discovering and reinventing gravity -- The Greeks to Newton -- Einstein -- The standard model of gravity -- The beginnings of modern cosmology -- Dark matter -- Conventional black holes -- Updating the standard model -- Inflation and variable speed of light (VSL) -- New cosmological data -- Searching for a new gravity theory -- Strings and quantum gravity -- Other alternative gravity theories -- Modified gravity (MOG)-- Envisioning and testing the MOG universe -- The pioneer anomaly -- MOG as a predictive theory -- Cosmology without dark matter -- Do black holes exist in nature? -- Dark energy and the accelerating universe -- The eternal universe.

ISBN:

0061170887
9780061170881

LCCN:

2008013391

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)