Overview
- Presents a rich panorama of our current physical understanding of the universe
- Honors one of the most productive and creative theoretical physicists of our era
- A valuable pedagogical introduction for newcomers, graduates and even undergraduate students
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Fundamental Theories of Physics (FTPH, volume 187)
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book provides a compilation of in-depth articles and reviews on key topics within gravitation, cosmology and related issues. It is a celebratory volume dedicated to Prof. Thanu Padmanabhan ("Paddy"), the renowned relativist and cosmologist from IUCAA, India, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The authors, many of them leaders of their fields, are all colleagues, collaborators and former students of Paddy, who have worked with him over a research career spanning more than four decades. Paddy is a scientist of diverse interests, who attaches great importance to teaching. With this in mind, the aim of this compilation is to provide an accessible pedagogic introduction to, and overview of, various important topics in cosmology, gravitation and astrophysics. As such it will be an invaluable resource for scientists, graduate students and also advanced undergraduates seeking to broaden their horizons.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
J.S. Bagla is an astrophysicist specializing in cosmology and gravitational clustering in an expanding universe. His current interests are in galaxy formation and evolution with an emphasis on use of upcoming facilities for constraining models of galaxy formation.
Sunu Engineer is an astrophysicist specializing in cosmology and structure formation. His current research interests are in thermodynamic theories of gravity, computational physics and technology and the physics of music.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gravity and the Quantum
Book Subtitle: Pedagogical Essays on Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Quantum Gravity
Editors: Jasjeet Singh Bagla, Sunu Engineer
Series Title: Fundamental Theories of Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51700-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51699-8Published: 01 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84720-7Published: 13 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51700-1Published: 23 February 2017
Series ISSN: 0168-1222
Series E-ISSN: 2365-6425
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 494
Number of Illustrations: 54 b/w illustrations
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics