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GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference
Durban, South Africa 15 - 21 July 2001

edited by Nigel T Bishop (University of South Africa, South Africa) & Sunil D Maharaj (University of Natal, South Africa)

The 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, 1 public lecture and 19 workshops which, excepting 3 plenary lectures, are presented in this proceedings. It was the first major international conference on general relativity and gravitation held on the African continent.


Contents:

  • 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 Bicák)
  • 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


Readership: Researchers and research students in general relativity, relativistic astrophysics, cosmology, experimental gravity and quantum gravity.

512pp Pub. date: Sept 2002
ISBN 978-981-238-171-2
981-238-171-6
US$134 / £99


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