Reinventing gravity : a physicist goes beyond Einstein / John W. Moffat.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780061170881
- 0061170887
- QC178 .M64 2008
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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.
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