TY - BOOK ID - 31260197 TI - The large scale structure of space-time AU - Hawking, Stephen AU - Ellis, George F. R. PY - 1973 SN - 0521200164 9780521200165 0521099064 9780521099066 9780511524646 1139811223 113981169X 0511524641 1139811444 0511935145 1283870762 1139811568 9781107188792 1139635638 1107188792 9781139811699 9781139635639 9781139811224 9781139811446 9780511935145 9781283870764 9781139811569 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Space and time KW - Astrophysics KW - Astronomical physics KW - Space of more than three dimensions KW - Space-time KW - Space-time continuum KW - Space-times KW - Spacetime KW - Time and space KW - Astronomy KW - Cosmic physics KW - Physics KW - Fourth dimension KW - Infinite KW - Metaphysics KW - Philosophy KW - Space sciences KW - Time KW - Beginning KW - Hyperspace KW - Relativity (Physics) KW - Space and time. KW - Astrophysics. KW - General and Others KW - 530.1 KW - 530.1 Basic principles of physics KW - Basic principles of physics KW - Theory of relativity. Unified field theory KW - Geometry, Differential KW - General relativity (Physics) KW - Géométrie différentielle KW - Relativité générale (Physique) KW - Espace et temps KW - Relativité générale (physique) KW - Cosmologie KW - Geometrie differentielle UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:31260197 AB - Einstein's General Theory of Relativity leads to two remarkable predictions: first, that the ultimate destiny of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse and to disappear from view, leaving behind a 'black hole' in space; and secondly, that there will exist singularities in space-time itself. These singularities are places where space-time begins or ends, and the presently known laws of physics break down. They will occur inside black holes, and in the past are what might be construed as the beginning of the universe. To show how these predictions arise, the authors discuss the General Theory of Relativity in the large. Starting with a precise formulation of the theory and an account of the necessary background of differential geometry, the significance of space-time curvature is discussed and the global properties of a number of exact solutions of Einstein's field equations are examined. The theory of the causal structure of a general space-time is developed, and is used to study black holes and to prove a number of theorems establishing the inevitability of singualarities under certain conditions. A discussion of the Cauchy problem for General Relativity is also included in this 1973 book. ER -