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This collection of essays in honor of Engelbert Schucking spans the gamut of research in general relativity and presents a lively and personal account of current work in the field. Contributions include: E.L. Schucking: Jordan, Pauli, Politics, Brecht ... and a Variable Gravitational Constant J.L. A...

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Other Authors: Harvey, Alex, Schucking, E. L. (Engelbert L.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, 1999.
Subjects:
Schucking, E. L. > (Engelbert L.)
General relativity (Physics) > Congresses.
Quantum theory > Congresses.
Cosmology > Congresses.
Space and time > Congresses.
Astrophysics > Congresses.
Astrophysics.
Cosmology.
General relativity (Physics)
Quantum theory.
Space and time.
Electronic books.
Conference proceedings.
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Summary:This collection of essays in honor of Engelbert Schucking spans the gamut of research in general relativity and presents a lively and personal account of current work in the field. Contributions include: E.L. Schucking: Jordan, Pauli, Politics, Brecht ... and a Variable Gravitational Constant J.L. Anderson: Thomson Scattering in an Expanding Universe A. Ashtekar & T.A. Schilling: Geometrical Formulation of Quantum Mechanics J. Baugh, D.R. Finkelstein, H. Saller, and Zhong Tang: General Covariance is Bose-Einstein Statistics S.L. Bazanski: The Split and Propagation of Light Rays in Relativity L. Bel: How to Define a Unique Vacuum in Cosmology P.G. Bergmann: EIH Theory and Noether's Theorem W.B. Bonnor: The Static Cylinder in General Relativity C.H. Brahns: Gravity and the Tenacious Scalar Field D. Brill: The Cavendish Experiment in General Relativity Y. Choquet-Bruhat: Wave Maps in General Relativity T. Damour: General Relativty and Experiment J. Ehlers: Some Developments in Newtonian Cosmology G.F.R. Ellis & H. van Elst: Deviation of Geodesics in FLRW Spacetime Geometries S. Frittelli & E.T. Newman: Poincar Pseudo-symmetries in Asymptotically Flat Spacetimes E.N. Glass: Taub Numbers and Asymptotic Invariants J.N. Goldberg: Second Class Constraints F.W. Hehl, A. Macias, E.W. Mielke, & Yu. N. Obukhov: On the Structure of the Energy-momentum and the Spin Currents in Dirac's Electron.
Item Description:"Friends and colleagues of Engelbert Schucking came together in a symposium on the 12th and 13th of December 1996 at New York University ..."--Introduction.
Originally published by Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. in 1999.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1999.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 517 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781461214229 (electronic bk.)
146121422X (electronic bk.)