Bryce DeWitt's lectures on gravitation /
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Author / Creator: | DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004. |
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Imprint: | Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, ©2011. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 287 pages) : illustrations. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Lecture notes in physics, 1616-6361 ; v. 826 Lecture notes in physics ; 826. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11075743 |
Summary: | 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. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 287 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9783540369110 3540369112 9783540369097 3540369090 |
ISSN: | 1616-6361 ; |