Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili offers a fascinating and illuminating look at what physics reveals about the world Shining a light on the most profound insights revealed by modern physics, Jim Al-Khalili invites us all to underst…
Einstein's theory of general relativity is a cornerstone of modern physics. It also touches upon a wealth of topics that students find fascinating-black holes, warped spacetime, gravitational waves, and cosmology. Until now, it has not been included in the curriculum of many und…
Scope and Method of Study: Magnetotelluric and gravity surveys were conducted across the Wadi Kobbania in the Western Desert north of Aswan, Egypt. The Wadi Kobbania has been interpreted as the downstream continuation of the Wadi Abu Subeira, comprising an ancient western and no…
The transtensive North Shore segment of the southern San Andreas fault between the Mecca and Durmid Hills has minimal topographic expression and has historically experienced little to no slip. I conducted a comprehensive gravity survey consisting of 150 stations, and analyzed th…
This book reviews various modified gravity models, including those with modifications in the pure gravitational sector; those involving extra fields, that is, scalar-tensor and vector-tensor gravity theories; gravity models with Lorentz symmetry breaking; and nonlocal gravity mo…
This book reviews various modified gravity models, including those with modifications in the pure gravitational sector; those involving extra fields, that is, scalar-tensor and vector-tensor gravity theories; gravity models with Lorentz symmetry breaking; and nonlocal gravity mo…
This thesis is based on four essays dealing with tourism development and its determinants. Chapter Two explores the different definitions of ‘tourism’ and ‘tourist’, as well as the factors that influence tourism arrivals. We discuss traditional and more recent theories that unde…
I present an overview of the tools and methods of gravitational dynamics motivated by a variety of dynamics problems. Particular focus will be given to the development of dynamic phase-space configurations as well as the distribution functions of collisionless systems. Chapter 1…
This thesis comprises a three papers. The chapters stand on their own. Each paper-chapter analyses a specific issue and contains introduction, theoretical framework, methods of analyses, results and findings. Each of the chapters offers new empirical, methodological and modellin…
A fundamental question in martian geology is whether bolide impact(s) or mantle convection caused the hemispheric dichotomy. Cross-cutting and superposed crustal features interpreted from the MGS topography, magnetic observations, gravity anomalies, and crustal thickness estimat…
In this thesis, I examine the function and logic of my process, research, and autobiographically based art practice. I address the theoretical concerns and art historical influences that ground and inform my work. Interiority and expansive space constitute the visual framework o…
The detection of gravitational waves (GWs) originating from a black hole (BH) binary merger in 2015 by LIGO marked the beginning of the age of GW astronomy. Another defining moment came in 2017 with the joint detection of GWs and their electromagnetic (EM) counterpart, beginning…
The collision of cosmic projectiles with a terrestrial planet’s surface forms topographic depressions, known as impact craters. Since planetary surfaces are continuously bombarded, these features can be observed on nearly all solid bodies in the Solar System. On airless bodies w…
Previous investigations have proposed multiple origin models to explain the formation of major tectonic structures, such as the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains (GSMs), the Wilkes Subglacial Basin (WSB), the Aurora Subglacial Basin (ASB), and the Transantarctic Mountains (TAMs) i…
Nothing to See Here: Stages for Latent Revolutions. In Genesis 2:7 (19822), God instructs Adam and Eve: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die (Genesis 1982:2). The Bible later st…
The last deglacial history of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS), the world’s largest freshwater reservoir, is important for monitoring the current AIS change and projecting the future sea-level rise trend. However, due to the lack of direct observational constraints on AIS last degl…
