Ideas of the Theory of Relativity: General Implications from Physics to Problems of Society
Language: English
Published by I.P.S.T. / Israel Universities Press / John Wiley & Sons / Halsted Press, Jerusalem, 1974
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Xv, 190 Pp. Red Cloth Printed In Black And Pink. First Printing. Inscribed By The Author To The Dedicatee, Prof. Abraham Kaplan. Light Wear, Rubbing And Bumping At Corners, No Fraying, Some Fading To Cloth On Spine Panel But Lettering Still Strong. Mendel Sachs (1927 –2012) Was An American Theoretical Physicist. His Scientific Work Includes The Proposal Of A Unified Field Theory That Brings Together The Weak Force, Strong Force, Electromagnetism, And Gravity. Sachs Earned His Bachelors At The University Of California, Los Angeles, He Then Moved To Columbia University, New York For Postgraduate Study. While At Columbia Sachs Was Taught By Willis Lamb And Hideki Yukawa.[5] Yukawa Had Agreed To Be Sach's Thesis Advisor, But Sachs Decided To Complete His Doctorate Back At Ucla. Following The Award Of His Phd In 1954 Sachs First Post-Doctoral Position Was At The New University Of California Radiation Laboratory At Both Berkeley And Livermore, Which Was Run By Edward Teller And Ernest Lawrence And Was Also Home To Bryce Dewitt, Who Sachs Would Later Co-Author Articles With In Physics Today. In 1956 Sachs Became A Senior Scientist At Lockheed Missiles And Space Laboratory, While At Lockheed Sachs Began Developing With Solomon Schwebel A Field Theory Of Quantum Electrodynamics That Included Broken Symmetries That Did Not Require Recourse To Renormalization Or Perturbation Techniques – The "Schwebel-Sachs" Model. In 1961 He Became A Research Professor At Mcgill University; This Was Followed By A Post As Associate Professor Of Physics At Boston University (1962–1966). In 1964 While At Boston University Sachs Received An Invitation From Paul Dirac To Visit Cambridge University. Sachs Stayed In England For Three Months Where His Wife Yetty Had Family. Sachs Worked With Paul Dirac At The Department Of Applied Mathematics And Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University. While Working With Dirac, Sachs Also Had The Opportunity To Discuss Ideas With John G. Taylor, John Polkinghorne And Graduate Students At Damtp. In 1965 Sachs Had Had A Breakthrough While At The Aspen Physics Institute, Colorado. Sachs Was Able To Derive A Result For A Unified Field Theory If Quantum Mechanics Was Considered To Be A Linear Approximation For A Field Theory Of Inertia Expressed In General Relativity. Sachs Argued That The Work Of Albert Einstein And Erwin Schrödinger In General Relativity Did Not Yet Take Account Of The Inertia Of Matter, Which Required Consideration Of The Mach Principle. In The Summer Of 1966 Abdus Salam Invited Sachs To Spend A Few Months At The International Centre For Theoretical Physics, In Trieste, Italy. During This Time Sachs Published The Details Of His Formal Structure Of Quantum Mechanics From A Generally Covariant Field Theory Of Inertia In The Italian Journal, Il Nuovo Cimento. In The Autumn Of 1966 He Was Appointed Professor Of Physics At State University Of New York At Buffalo.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Ideas of the Theory of Relativity: General Implications from Physics to Problems of Society
- Author
- Sachs, Mendel (Dedication Copy Inscribed By The Author To Abraham Kaplan)
- Publisher
- I.P.S.T. / Israel Universities Press / John Wiley & Sons / Halsted Press, Jerusalem
- Publication year
- 1974
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0706514610
- ISBN 13
- 9780706514612
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Physics
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