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BRYCE DEWITT'S LECTURES ON GRAVITATION
EDITED BY STEVEN M. CHRISTENSEN |
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Bryce S. DeWitt, Steven M. Christensen |
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Paperback |
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£62.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3540369090 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783540369097 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN AND HEIDELBERG GMBH & CO. KG |
| Pub. date: |
1 November, 2010 |
| Edition: |
2011 ed. |
| Series: |
Lecture Notes in Physics 826 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
Written with clarity and authority, and edited by DeWitt's former student Steven Christensen, these timeless lecture notes, containing material not found elsewhere, are a gem to be discovered or re-discovered by anyone interested in gravitational physics. |
| Synopsis: |
Bryce DeWitt, a student of Nobel Laureate Julian Schwinger, was himself one of the towering figures in 20th century physics, particularly renowned for his seminal contributions to quantum field theory, numerical relativity and quantum gravity.In late 1971 DeWitt gave a course on gravitation at Stanford University, leaving almost 400 pages of detailed handwritten notes.Written with clarity and authority, and edited by his former student Steven Christensen, these timeless lecture notes, containing material or expositions not found in any other textbooks, are a gem to be discovered or re-discovered by anyone seriously interested in the study of gravitational physics. |
| Illustrations: |
10 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 288 p. 10 illus. |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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