The Sky at Einstein's Feet

Download or read book The Sky at Einstein's Feet written by William C. Keel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-08-29 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specifically traces the impact of Einstein's ideas on astronomy, including the way we interpret observations of stars and galaxies. Includes comments from principals in important discoveries, illuminating the processes behind these results. 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. Highlights light-travel delays in cosmic jets, using gravitational lensing to trace cosmic mass distribution. Illustrations employ new and archival data from ground- and space-based observatories.