Index

  A

  anthropic principle 96

  Aristotle’s theory of gravity 2

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  B

  bending of starlight 30

  binary pulsar systems 41

  black hole radiation 89

  black holes 36

  C

  Cavendish’s experiment 25

  CMB polarization 80

  concordance model of

  cosmology 76

  constancy of mass 17

  cosmic in』ation 90

  Cosmic Microwave Background

  (CMB) 63

  cosmological constant 60, 93

  cosmology 58

  critical rate of cosmic expansion 62

  D

  dark energy 77

  dark matter 76

  double pulsar 42

  E

  E = m c2 11

  early Universe 64

  Eddington’s expedition 31

  efect of gravitational waves 48

  Einstein’s theory of gravity 8

  ether 20

  Euclid satellite 82

  event horizons 36

  expanding Universe 58

  expansion history of the

  Universe 68

  experimental probes of Einstein’s

  theory 27

  experimental probes of Newton’s

  law 24

  F

  fine-tuning of the cosmological

  constant 94

  flat and curved spaces 13

  frame dragging 33

  G

  galaxy rotation 75

  General Theory of

  Relativity 12

  geodetic precession 33

  gravitational lensing 75

  gravitational redshifting 18

  gravitational time dilation 20

  gravitational wave detectors 51

  gravitational waves 46

  gravity as acceleration 14

  gravity from curvature 11

  Gravity Probe B 33

  H

  history of cosmology 59

  Hubble’s law 60

  Hughes-Drever experiment 22

  Hulse-Taylor binary pulsar

  system 37

  I

  interferometry 21

  K

  kepler’s laws 6

  L

  laboratory tests of gravity 26

  large-scale structure in the

  Universe 71

  Large Synoptic Survey

  Telescope 82

  late Universe 71

  life of a star 35

  LIGO experiment 50, 52

  Loop Quantum Gravity 88

  lunar laser ranging 24

  M

  Maxwell’s theory of light 8

  Mercury’s anomalous orbit 28

  Michelson-Morley

  experiment 20

  microsecond pulsars 44

  multiverses 95

  N

  neutron stars 36

  Newton’s force law 6

  Newton’s theory of gravity 4

  non-renormalizability of

  gravity 86

  O

  observation of gravitational

  waves 53

  observations of the CMB 66

  P

  particles in gravitational

  fields 88

  Planck Surveyor 67

  pulsars 37

  Q

  quantum gravity 85

  quantum mechanics 83

  R

  radio time-delay efect 31

  S

  seeds of structure in

  cosmology 92

  Solar System 16

  space-time 10

  space with positive and negative

  curvature 60

  Special Theory of Relativity 10

  speed of light 8

  Square Kilometre Array 43

  String Theory 87

  supernovae 36, 70

  synthesis of the light

  elements 65

  T

  testing foundational

  assumptions 17

  triple pulsar 45

  U

  Universality of Free Fall 3

  Unruh radiation 89

  W

  Weber bars 51

  WMAP experiment 67