The legacy of Albert Einstein : a collection of essays in celebration of the Year of Physics /
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World Scientific,
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Publisher Address: | Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/6259#t=toc |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xviii,260pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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9812772715 (electronic bk.) 9789812772718 (electronic bk.) |
CLC: | K837.126.11 |
Contents: | Preface / Spenta R. Wadia -- Einstein and the search for unification / David Gross -- Einstein and geometry / Michael Atiyah -- String theory and Einstein's dream / Ashoke Sen -- Black hole entropy in string theory: a window into the quantum structure of gravity / Atish Dabholkar -- The winding road to quantum gravity / Abhay Ashtekar -- Brownian functionals in physics and computer science / Satya N. Majumdar -- Bose-Einstein condensation: where many become one and so there is plenty of room at the bottom / N. Kumar -- Many electrons strongly avoiding each other: strange goings on / T. V. Ra |