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Springer The Sky At Einsteins Feet by William C. Keel
Specifically traces the impact of Einsteins ideas on astronomy, including the way we interpret observations of stars and galaxies. _x000D__x000D__x000D_Includes comments from principals in important discoveries, illuminating the processes behind these results. _x000D__x000D__x000D_Presents many applications of relativity that have not been shown in earlier popular-level books and illustrates how deeply physics permeates the way we interpret many astronomical phenomena. _x000D__x000D__x000D_Highlights light-travel delays in cosmic jets, using gravitational lensing to trace cosmic mass distribution. _x000D__x000D__x000D_Illustrations employ new and archival data from ground- and space-based observatories._x000D_ _x000D_The sky at Einsteins feet.- Bookkeeping at the speed of light.- Relativistic Matter.- From shifting stars to multiple quasars.- Through the gravitational telescope.- The stars themselves.- Extreme spacetime bending: black holes.- The shape of Einsteins Universe.- The view from Einsteins shoulders._x000D_