Further reading
2024-10-02 06:51:08
作者： 戴維·羅瑟里
Chapter 1: From Newton to Einstein
Russell Stannard, Relativity: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2008).
*Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, and John Archibald Wheeler,Gravitation (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1973).
Chapter 2: Gravity in the Solar System
Clifford M. Will, Was Einstein Right？ Putting General Relativity to the Test (Basic Books, 1993).
*Clifford M. Will, Theory and Experiment in Gravitational Physics(Cambridge University Press, 1993).
Chapter 3: Extrasolar tests of gravity
Katherine Blundell, Black Holes: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2015).
*Ingrid H. Stairs, Testing General Relativity with Pulsar Timing, Living Reviews in Relativity 6/5 (2003) at: 〈〉.
Chapter 4: Gravitational waves
Harry Collins, Gravity’s Shadow: The Search for Gravitational Waves(University of Chicago Press, 2004).
*B. S. Sathyaprakash and Bernard F. Schutz, Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology with Gravitational Waves, Living Reviews in Relativity12/2 (2009) at: 〈〉.
Chapter 5: Cosmology
Peter Coles, Cosmology: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2001).
*Scott Dodelson, Modern Cosmology (Academic Press, 2003).
Chapter 6: Frontiers of gravitational physics
Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe (Vintage, 1999).
Leonard Susskind, The Cosmic Landscape (Back Bay Books, 2005).
*References labelled with an asterisk are advanced-level texts,intended for readers who want to learn about the subject in all its glory. They require degree-level knowledge of mathematics and physics. Readers wishing to take part in the Galaxy Zoo project should visit 〈〉.