2001, a spacetime odyssey : proceedings of the Inaugural Conference of the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics : Michigan, USA, 21-25 May 2001 / / foreword by Sheldon L. Glashow ; editors, Michael J. Duff, James T. Liu

• Pubblicazione: River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 228 p. ) : ill., ports
• Disciplina: 530
• Soggetto topico: Physics; Astronomy; Space and time
• Altri autori: DuffM. J LiuJames T
• Note generali: Conference held at the University of Michigan.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Astrophysical Neutrinos: 20th Century and Beyond (J N Bahcall, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton); The Case for Discrete Energy Levels of a Black Hole (J D Bekenstein, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem); The Measure of Cosmological Parameters (W L Freedman, Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena); Progress in Weakly Coupled String Phenomenology (M K Gaillard, University of California, Berkeley); Spacetime Quantum Mechanics (J B Hartle, University of California, Santa Barbara); Inflation and String Cosmology (A Linde, Stanford University); Spacetime and Vacuum as Seen from Moscow (L B Okun, ITEP, Moscow); The Dark Side of the Universe (J Silk, Oxford University); Geometry and Spacetime (S-T Yau, Harvard University); and other papers.
• Sommario/riassunto: Two theories revolutionized the 20th century view of space and time - Einstein's general theory of relativity and quantum physics. This work presents developments in cosmology, theoretical physics and mathematics, and covers the future of spacetime physics.
• Altri titoli varianti: Spacetime odyssey; Proceedings of the Inaugural Conference of the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics
• ISBN: 9789812778185; 9812778187
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911139712103321
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