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OverviewThe 16th Conference of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR16), held at the International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa, from 15 to 21 July, was attended by 450 delegates from around the world. The scientific programme comprised 18 plenary lectures, one public lecture and 19 workshops which, excepting three plenary lectures, are presented in this proceedings. It was the first major international conference on general relativity and gravitation held on the African continent. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nigel T Bishop (Univ Of South Africa, South Africa) , Sunil D Maharaj (Univ Of Natal, South Africa)Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.857kg ISBN: 9789812381712ISBN 10: 9812381716 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 24 September 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock ![]() The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsContents: Simplicial Euclidean and Lorentzian Quantum Gravity (J Ambjorn); An Overview of Gravitational-Wave Sources (C Cutler & K Thorne); Gravitating Lumps (D Gal'tsov); Strings, Gravity and Particle Physics (J Maldacena); The Lighter Side of Gravity (J Narlikar); Exact Solutions and Their Interpretation (J Bicak); Approximation Methods (C Will); Physics of the Early Universe (K-I Maeda); Mathematical Cosmology (P Dunsby); Tests of Special and General Relativity (A Beesham); Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime (L Ford); and other papers.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |