General Relativity and Gravitation: A Centennial Perspective - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 110703731X ISBN 13: 9781107037311

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Explore spectacular advances in contemporary physics with this unique celebration of the centennial of Einstein's discovery of general relativity.

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About the Authors

Abhay Ashtekar is the founding Director of the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, and holds the Eberly Chair in Physics, at Pennsylvania State University. He is a Fellow of the AAAS and the APS, and a former President of the International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation.

Beverly K. Berger is a former Program Director for Gravitational Physics at the US National Science Foundation. She is a Fellow of the APS, and was the founder of the APS Topical Group on Gravitation.

James Isenberg is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oregon and former Eisenbud Professor at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley. He is a Fellow of the APS.

Malcolm MacCallum is Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary, University of London. He was the founding editor of Classical and Quantum Gravity and is a former President of the International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110703731X
• ISBN 13: 9781107037311
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 696
• Editor: Ashtekar Abhay, Berger Beverly K., Isenberg James, MacCallum Malcolm