(P/B) THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF GRAVITATION

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To commemorate the 300th anniversary of the publication of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Stephen Hawking and Werner Israel have assembled a series of unique review papers by many of the world's foremost researchers in cosmology, relativity and particle physics. The resulting volume reflects the significant and exciting advances that have been made in these fields since the editor's acclaimed volume published in 1979: General Relativity: An Einstein Centenary Survey. Newton's immense contribution to the physical sciences is assessed, and its relevance to today's physics made clear. The international contributors then chart the major developments in the study of gravitation, from Newtonian gravity to black hole physics. In the fields of galaxy formation, inflationary and quantum cosmology, and superstring unification, the book provides important overviews written by workers involved in many of the advances described. By shaping such a wide-ranging and scholarly series of articles into a cohesive whole, the editors have created a fitting and lasting memorial to the man who continues to inspire scientists the world over. This book is an essential reference source of the latest advances in gravitational physics and relativistic cosmology. (From the publisher)

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Preface
1. Newton's Principia S. W. Hawking
2. Newtonianism and today's physics S. Weinberg
3. Newton, quantum theory and reality R. Penrose
4. Experiments on gravitation A. H. Cook
5. Experimental gravitation from Newton's Principia to Einstein's general relativity C. M. Will
6. The problem of motion in Newtonian and Einsteinian gravity T. Damour
7. Dark stars: the evolution of an idea W. Israel
8. Astrophysical black holes R. D. Blandford
9. Gravitational radiation K. S. Thorne
10. The emergence of structure in the universe: galaxy formation and dark matter M. J. Rees
11. Gravitational interactions of cosmic strings A. Vilenkin
12. Inflationary cosmology S. K. Blau and A. H. Guth
13. Inflation and quantum cosmology A. Linde
14. Quantum cosmology S. W. Hawking
15. Superstring unification J. H. Schwartz
16. Covariant description of canonical formalism in geometrical theories C. Crnkowic and E. Witten
Index.