The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time

The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time

Cover of the first edition
Authors	Stephen Hawking, George Ellis
Language	English
Subject	Spacetime
Published	1973 (Cambridge University Press)
Pages	384

The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time is 1973 book by Stephen Hawking and George Ellis on the theoretical physics of spacetime.^[1]

Hawking and Ellis attempt to describe the foundation of space itself and its nature of infinite expansion, using differential geometry to examine the consequences of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.

Hawking co-wrote the book with Ellis, while a post doc at Cambridge University. In his 1988 book A Brief History of Time, he describes The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time as "highly technical" and unreadable for the common reader.

The book, now considered a classic, has also appeared in paperback format and has been reprinted many times.^a

Notes

1. ^ Hawking, S. W.; Ellis, G. F. R. (1973). The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-09906-4.

References

1. Gibbons, G. W.; Shellard, E. P. S.; Rankin, S. J. (23 October 2003). The Future of Theoretical Physics and Cosmology: Celebrating Stephen Hawking's Contributions to Physics. Cambridge University Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-521-82081-3.