The Future of Gravity
Video - : Of the four fundamental forces, gravity has been studied the longest, yet gravitational physics is one of the most rapidly developing areas of science today. This talk will give a broad brush survey of the past achievements and future prospects of general relativistic gravitational physics. Gravity is a two frontier science being important on both the very largest and smallest length scales considered in contemporary physics. Recent advances and future prospects will be surveyed in precision tests of general relativity, gravitational waves, black holes, cosmology and quantum gravity. The aim will be an overview of a subject that is becoming increasingly integrated with experiment and other branches of physics.
Date: 2007
Language: eng
Language: eng
Series: CERN Colloquium
CERN, Geneva, 26 Apr 2007
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Title: CERN Colloquium : The Future of Gravity
Type: Conference Speech
Keywords: Gravity,General relativity,Universe,Time,Big bang,Matter,Cosmology,Relativistic gravity,Planck length,Quantum,Quantum mechanics,Energy,Black holes,String theory,Astrophysics,GPS,Dark matter,Microlensing,Planets,Binary pulsars,Atom,Gravitomagnetic effects,Satellites,LAGEOS satellites,LIGO,Interferometer,Detectors,Gravitational wave,String gravity,Lunar laser ranging,GPB,Mach,LISA,Numerical relativity
category: Portraits of science
Date: 2007-04-26
Filmed people: Hartle, James
Description (eng): Lecture gives a broad brush survey of the past achievements and future prospects of general relativistic gravitational physics
Physical medium: Source is paper
Record created 2007-07-06, last modified 2023-10-07
Talk 26 Apr 2007