The legacy of Albert Einstein
Subtitle: a collection of essays in celebration of the Year of Physics
By: editor: Spenta R. Wadia
Contributors: Wadia, S. R.
Publisher: World Scientic
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Singapore; Hackensack, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9789812700490; 9789812704801
Subjects: Einstein, Albert, -- 1879-1955 -- Influence; Relativity (Physics); Quantum theory; Space and time; Physics -- Philosophy; Physicists -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: "This volume contains a compendium of articles covering a vast range of topics in physics which were begun or influenced by the works of Albert Einstein: special relativity, quantum theory, statistical physics, condensed matter physics, general relativity, geometry, cosmology and unified field theory. An essay on the societal role of Einstein is included."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: Preface / Spenta R. Wadia; title: Einstein and the search for unification / David Gross; title: Einstein and geometry / Michael Atiyah; title: String theory and Einstein's dream / Ashoke Sen; title: Black hole entropy in string theory: a window into the quantum structure of gravity / Atish Dabholkar; title: The winding road to quantum gravity / Abhay Ashtekar; title: Brownian functionals in physics and computer science / Satya N. Majumdar; title: Bose-Einstein condensation: where many become one and so there is plenty of room at the bottom / N. Kumar; title: Many electrons strongly avoiding each other: strange goings on / T.V. Ramakrishnan; title: Einstein and the quantum / Virendra Singh; title: Einstein's legacy: relativistic cosmology / Jayant V. Narlikar; title: Einstein's universe: the challenge of dark energy / Subir Sarkar; title: Gravitational radiation: in celebration of Einstein's Annus mirabilis / B.S. Sathyaprakash; title: Albert Einstein: radical pacifist and democrat / T. Jayaraman