TY - BOOK AU - Moffat,John W. TI - Reinventing gravity: a physicist goes beyond Einstein SN - 9780061170881 AV - QC178 .M64 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Smithsonian Books/Collins KW - Quantum gravity KW - Astrophysics KW - General relativity (Physics) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-259) and index; Introduction: A new gravity theory -- Prologue: The elusive planet Vulcan, a parable -- Discovering and reinventing gravity -- The Greeks to Newton -- Einstein -- The standard model of gravity -- The beginnings of modern cosmology -- Dark matter -- Conventional black holes -- Updating the standard model -- Inflation and variable speed of light (VSL) -- New cosmological data -- Searching for a new gravity theory -- Strings and quantum gravity -- Other alternative gravity theories -- Modified gravity (MOG) -- Envisioning and testing the MOG universe -- The pioneer anomaly -- MOG as a predictive theory -- Cosmology without dark matter -- Do black holes exist in nature? -- Dark energy and the accelerating universe -- The eternal universe UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0814/2008013391.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0916/2008013391-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0916/2008013391-d.html ER -