General Introduction

1 General Introduction

Parts of this introduction (see footnotes) have previously been published in Trends in Neu‑ rosciences (Meredith et al., 2012). The introductions of chapter 3 and 6 are based on the following text.

1 1 General introduction

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Introduction to dynamic general equilibrium

This introduces the symposium on dynamic general equilibrium. © 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. JEL classification: E10; E20; E30

Black Holes: A General Introduction

Our understanding of space and time is probed to its depths by black holes. These objects, which appear as a natural consequence of general relativity, provide a powerful analytical tool able to examine macroscopic and microscopic properties of the universe. This introductory article presents in a pictorial way the basic concepts of black hole’s theory, as well as a description of the astronomi...