The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time: 50th Anniversary Edition Stephen W. Hawking and George F. R. Ellis is an English-language textbook on Einstein’s general theory of relativity. This reference work is suitable for readers who want to delve in depth into theoretical physics and cosmology.
This influential work discusses Einstein’s General Theory and shows how this theory makes predictions about black holes and singularities in spacetime. The authors carefully address the underlying differential geometry and analyze solutions to Einstein’s field equations. In addition, they develop the theory of the causal structure of spacetime and prove important theorems about the inevitable character of singularities.
A revised edition with a foreword by Abhay Ashtekar and a preface by George Ellis places the work in the broader context of developments in the field over the past fifty years.
Topics connect to relativity, cosmology, and physics, and the title is part of the Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics series.