Index acceleration 37-8, 51,
Galileo 53
Gauss, C. F. 71
general relativity 38, 48
Newton, Isaac 1-7
null geodesics 58-9, 73
112-15, 144-7, 162-3 geodesics 57-73, 86
particle theory 24-6
anti-matter 30
atom 11
gravitational mass 52
waves 112-27
photoelectric effect 104
physics, problem with 1 O
gravity 5-6, 29, 48, 108 Planck's constant 25-6,
barrier penetration 27
Guth,A.161, 162
167-8
Big Crunch , the 137
black holes 110-11
see also singularity theorems
Hawking, S. 164-5
height and relativity 43
homogeneity 157, 161
Hoyle, Fred 136
configurational space 45 Hubble, Edwin 140
Copernican Principle
130-5
inertial mass 52
Plato 42
positive curvature 86-7
Pythagoras' theorem 61 ,
64, 70-2
quantum effect 12, 26, 41
169, 171
Cosmic Microwave inflation phase 161
Riemann , G. F. B. 71-2
Background 148
interference 124-7
cosmological constant 81 intrinsic curvature 93-5 satellite probes 156 curvature see space Schwarzschild, K. 111
curvature
Kaluza, T. 170
Kant, Immanuel 3
dark matter 150-3
Kepler, Johannes 4-5
dimensions 40, 44-7, 68 , Klein, 0 . 170
173
Dirac, Paul 30
Landau, Lev 74
E=mc2 16
Leibniz, G.W. 4
light simultaneity 33, 47
singularity theorems 164-7
space curvature 53-70,
75-101 , 159
and time 3-7
spacelike geodesics 58-9
spacetime 31-4, 45-7, 98,
100-1
Eddington, A. 108
Einstein, A. 13, 18-25
bending of 104-7
speed of 19-29, 31
geodesics 70
special relativity 48
static universe 142
years 35
speed of light 31
Einstein 's Constant 162 Lorentz, H.A. 18-19, 72 stars 120
equations, invalidating superstring theory 171-3
168
magnetism 8
electromagnetic wave 112 mass 24, 75
energy 24-7, 75
acceleration of 116
Eotvos, L. Baron von 108 Maxwell, J .C. 8, 170
equations 80-3, 168
metre-stick 122
equivalence principle 50-2 metric, the 62
Euclid 85
Michelson , Albert 31
extrinsic curvature 95
momentum 24, 75 Morley, E.W. 31
telescopes 123
tensors 77-84
time and geodesics 57-9
see also spacetime timelike geodesics 58-9
triangles 90
universal gravitation 4
field equations 80-1, 132 muons 23
universe expanding 46 ,
five-dimensional world 170
133-73, 144-7, 162-3
flatness problem 160-2 nature and relativity 102-3 size 128-31 FLRW models 133-6, 158 negative curvature 88-9
pressure 148
Neumann, John von 39
Wright brothers 16
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