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This collection of essays in honor of Engelbert Schucking spans the gamut of research in general relativity and presents a lively and personal account of current work in the field. Contributions include: E.L. Schucking: Jordan, Pauli, Politics, Brecht...and a Variable Gravitational Constant J.L. Anderson: Thomson Scattering in an Expanding Universe A. Ashtekar & T.A. Schilling: Geometrical Formulation of Quantum Mechanics J. Baugh, D.R. Finkelstein, H. Saller, and Zhong Tang: General Covariance is Bose-Einstein Statistics S.L. Bazanski: The Split and Propagation of Light Rays in Relativity L. Bel: How to Define a Unique Vacuum in Cosmology P.G. Bergmann: EIH Theory and Noether's Theorem W.B. Bonnor: The Static Cylinder in General Relativity C.H. Brahns: Gravity and the Tenacious Scalar Field D. Brill: The Cavendish Experiment in General Relativity Y. Choquet-Bruhat: Wave Maps in General Relativity T. Damour: General Relativty and Experiment J. Ehlers: Some Developments in Newtonian Cosmology G.F.R. Ellis & H. van Elst: Deviation of Geodesics in FLRW Spacetime Geometries S. Frittelli & E.T. Newman: Poincar Pseudo-symmetries in Asymptotically Flat Spacetimes E.N. Glass: Taub Numbers and Asymptotic Invariants J.N. Goldberg: Second Class Constraints F.W. Hehl, A. Macias, E.W. Mielke, & Yu.N. Obukhov: On the Structure of the Energy-momentum and the Spin Currents in Dirac's Electron

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Author:   Alex Harvey
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   1999 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.060kg
ISBN:  

9780387985640

ISBN 10:   0387985646
Pages:   517
Publication Date:   21 December 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- Jordan, Pauli, Politics, Brecht...and a Variable Gravitational Constant. Thomsom Scattering in an Expanding Universe.- Geometrical Formulation of Quantum Mechanics.- General Covariance is Bose-Einstein Statistics.- The Split and Propagation of Light Rays in Relativity.- How to Define a Unique Vacuum in Cosmology.- EIH Theory and Noether's Theorem.- The Static Cylinder in General Relativity.- Gravity and the Tenacious Scalar Field.- The Cavendish Experiment in General Relativity.- Wave Maps in General Relativity.- General Relativty and Experiment.- Some Developments in Newtonian Cosmology.- Deviation of Geodesics in FLRW Spacetime Geometries.- Poincaire Pseudo-symmetries in Asymptotically Flat Spacetimes.- Taub Numbers and Asymptotic Invariants.- Second Class Constraints.- On the Structure of the Energy-momentum and the Spin Currents in Dirac's Electron Theory.- The Physical Reality of the Quantum Wave Function.- The Ultimate Extension of the Bianchi Classification for Rotating Dust Models.- On the Classification of the Real Four-dimensional Lie Algebras.- Spinning Universes in Newtonian Cosmology.- Relativistic Gravitational Fields with Close Newtonian Analogs.- Working with Engelbert.- Some Remarks on Twistor Theory.- Critique of the Wheeler-De Witt Equation.- A New Version of the Heavenly Equation.- A Plain Man's Guide to Bivectors, Biquarernion, and the Algebra and Geometry of Lorentz Transformations.- Leon Lichtenstein's Work on Rotating Fluids.- Decaying Neutrinos and the Flattening of the Galactic Halo.- The Kasner Condition and Inhomogeneous Perfect Fluid Cosmologies.- Gravitational Screening.- On the Interpretation of the Einstein- Cartan Formalism.- On Complex Structures in Physics.- The Englebert Experience: Pathways from the Past.- Curriculum Vita.

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