The legacy of Albert Einstein:a collection of essays in celebration of the Year of Physics
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Group Author: | ; |
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Published: |
World Scientic,
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Publisher Address: | Singapore Hackensack, NJ |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xviii, 260 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9812700498 9789812700490 9812704809 (pbk.) 9789812704801 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | K837 |
CLC: | K837.126.11 |
Call Number: | K837.126.11/E357L-1 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references. 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. Ramakrishnan -- Einstein and the quantum / Virendra Singh -- Einstein's legacy: relativistic cosmology / Jayant V. Narlikar -- Einstein's universe: the challenge of dark energy / Subir Sarkar -- Gravitational radiation: in celebration of Einstein's Annus mirabilis / B.S. Sathyaprakash -- Albert Einstein: radical pacifist and democrat / T. Jayaraman. |