The legacy of Albert Einstein:a collection of essays in celebration of the Year of Physics

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Wadia S. R.; (Spenta R.)
Published: World Scientic,
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.