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1、KMearsRelativitySpace-TimeStructure:EinsteinandBeyondeditorAbhayAshtekarInstituteforGravitationalPhysicsandGeometry,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,USA"XVfeWorldScientific11B^NEWJERSEY'•LONDON•SINGAPORE•BEIJING•SHANGHAI•HOHONNGKONG•TAIPEI•CHENNAIPublish
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3、ailablefromtheBritishLibrary.CoverArtbyDr.CliffPickover,Pickover.Com100YEARSOFRELATIVITYSpace-TimeStructure:EinsteinandBeyondCopyright©2005byWorldScientificPublishingCo.Pte.Ltd.Allrightsreserved.Thisbook,orpartsthereof,maynotbereproducedinanyformorby
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5、anceCenter,Inc.,222RosewoodDrive,Danvers,MA01923,USA.Inthiscasepermissiontophotocopyisnotrequiredfromthepublisher.ISBN981-256-394-6PrintedinSingapore.October12,200514:40WSPC/TrimSize:9inx6inforReviewVolumeprefacePREFACEThegoalofthisvolumeistodescribe
6、howourunderstandingofspace-timestructurehasevolvedsinceEinstein'spath-breaking1905paperonspecialrelativityandhowitmightfurtherevolveinthenextcentury.PreoccupationwithnotionsofSpace(theHeavens)andTime(theBeginning,theChangeandtheEnd)canbetracedbacktoa
7、tleast2500yearsago.EarlythinkersfromLaoTsuinChinaandGautamaBuddhainIndiatoAristotleinGreecediscussedtheseissuesatlength.Overcen-turies,theessenceofAristotle'scommentariescrystallizedintheWesternconsciousness,providinguswithmentalimagesthatwecommonlyu
8、se.Wethinkofspaceasathree-dimensionalcontinuumwhichenvelopsus.Wethinkoftimeas
owingserenely,allbyitself,una ectedbyforcesinthephysicaluniverse.Together,theyprovideastageonwhichthedramaofinteractionsunfolds.Theactorsareeverythingelse
9、starsandplanets,r
