1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781687403321

Autore

Virgil

Titolo

The gnat and other minor poems of Virgil [[electronic resource] /] / translated by David R. Slavitt ; foreword by Gordon Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-27833-2

9786613278333

0-520-94999-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (89 p.)

Collana

The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

Altri autori (Persone)

SlavittDavid R. <1935->

Disciplina

871/.01

Soggetti

Latin poetry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A new translation of nine Latin poems attributed to Virgil.

Nota di contenuto

The gnat -- The barmaid -- Curses -- Lydia -- Priapus poems -- Pesto -- The good man -- Yes and no -- Budding roses.

Sommario/riassunto

These delightful poems-by turns whimsical, beautiful, and vulgar-seem to have primarily survived because they were attributed to Virgil. But in David R. Slavitt's imaginative and appealing translations, they stand firmly on their own merits. Slavitt brings to this little-known body of verse a fresh voice, vividly capturing the tone and style of the originals while conveying a lively sense of fun.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910139811603321

Titolo

Mathematical and Quantum Aspects of Relativity and Cosmology : Proceedings of the Second Samos Meeting on Cosmology, Geometry and Relativity Held at Pythagoreon, Samos, Greece, 31 August – 4 September 1998 / / edited by Spiros Cotsakis, Gary W. Gibbons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2000

ISBN

3-540-46671-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2000.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 254 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 537

Disciplina

530.11

Soggetti

Gravitation

Astronomy

Astronomy—Observations

Astrophysics

Geometry

Topology

Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

Astrophysics and Astroparticles

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Physics and Astronomy."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Global Wave Maps on Curved Space Times -- Einstein’s Equations and Equivalent Hyperbolic Dynamical Systems -- Generalized Bowen-York Initial Data -- The Reduced Hamiltonian of General Relativity and the ?-Constant of Conformal Geometry -- Anti-de-Sitter Spacetime and Its Uses -- Black Holes and Wormholes in 2+1 Dimensions -- Open Inflation -- Generating Cosmological Solutions from Known Solutions -- Multidimensional Cosmological and Spherically Symmetric Solutions with Intersecting p-Branes -- Open Issues.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is written in a pedagogical style intelligible for graduate students. It reviews recent progress in black-hole and wormhole theory and in mathematical cosmology within the framework of Einstein's field equations and beyond, including quantum effects. This collection of



essays, written by leading scientists of long standing reputation, should become an indispensable source for future research.