Jacob Bekenstein: The Conservative Revolutionary

Jacob Bekenstein: The Conservative Revolutionary

Author: Lars Brink

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2019-09-12

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 9811203970

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Jacob Bekenstein, an Israeli physicist of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, planted the seeds of a revolution of our understanding of space-time. Using conservative intuitive methods including time-old gedanken experiments, he discovered that black holes have thermodynamical properties such as entropy.Moreover, he found that their entropy was not extensive, unlike that of any other thermodynamical system considered before, but rather is proportional to the surface of their horizon. Furthermore, Bekenstein pioneered the study of black holes by focusing on their information content aspects. This led him to obtain bounds of a holographic nature on the amount of information that can be stored in a given region of space-time.This book contains a series of scientific and personal contributions by his contemporaries who recall the struggle against his ideas and then with them: the fate accompanying many revolutionary ideas. This is followed by original scientific contributions by many of the leaders of current research on black hole physics and holography. They have trodden his path and expanded it. The impact of Jacob Bekenstein's visionary ideas is just starting to be understood.


Literature 1972, Part 1

Literature 1972, Part 1

Author: Siegfried Böhme

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 533

ISBN-13: 3662122812

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Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts, which has appeared in semi-annual volumes since 1969, is de voted to the recording, summarizing and indexing of astronomical publications throughout the world. It is prepared under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (according to a resolution adopted at the 14th General Assembly in 1970). Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts aims to present a comprehensive documentation of Iiterature in all fields of astronomy and astrophysics. Every effort will be made to ensure that the average time interval between the date of receipt of the original Iiterature and publication of the abstracts will not exceed eight months. This time interval is near to that achieved by monthly abstracting journals, com pared to which our system of accumulating abstracts for about six months offers the advantage of greater convenience for the user. Valurne 7 contains Iiterature published in 1972 and received before August 15, 1972; some older Iiter ature which was received late and which is not recorded in earlier volumes is also included.


General Relativity And Relativistic Astrophysics - Proceedings Of The 5th Canadian Conference

General Relativity And Relativistic Astrophysics - Proceedings Of The 5th Canadian Conference

Author: Robert B Mann

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1994-08-31

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 9814550310

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This volume contains up-to-date accounts of many of the latest developments in gravitation, cosmology and astrophysics, including papers on black hole radiation, empirical tests of gravitational theory, quantum gravity, classical and quantum cosmology, singularities, computational methods, and a number of other topics. The keynote speakers include S Carlip, M Haugan, A Linde, D Page, G Papini, K Schleich, P Szekeres, G Starkman and J York.


Relativistic Astrophysics And Cosmology: Proceedings Of The Eighteenth Texas Symposium

Relativistic Astrophysics And Cosmology: Proceedings Of The Eighteenth Texas Symposium

Author: Angela V Olinto

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1998-06-05

Total Pages: 814

ISBN-13: 9814544809

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Since 1963, the Texas Symposia have been a biennial, peripatetic forum for forefront developments on a wide range of topics in relativistic astrophysics, from pulsars to string theory, from the birth of the universe to the death of stars. The 26 plenary lectures, 230 parallel session talks and 265 poster presentations attest to the scientific vitality of this interdisciplinary field.


Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts

Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts

Author: S. Böhme

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-12-14

Total Pages: 930

ISBN-13: 3662123401

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Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts aims to present a comprehensive documen tation of the literature concerning all aspects of astronomy, astrophysics, and their border fields. It is devoted to the recording, summarizing, and indexing of the relevant publications throughout the world. Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts is prepared by a special department of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union. Volume 34 records literature published in 1983 and received before February 17, 1984. Some older documents which we received late and which are not surveyed in earlier volumes are included too. We acknowledge with thanks contributions of our colleagues all over the world. We also express our gratitude to all organiza tions, observatories, and publishers which provide us with complimentary copies of their publications. Starting with Volume 33, all the recording, correction, and data processing work was done by means of computers. The recording was done by our technical staff members Ms. Helga Ballmann, Ms. Mona El-Choura and Ms. Monika Kohl. Mr. Martin Schlotelburg and Mr. Ulrich Oberall supported our task by careful proofreading. It is a pleasure to thank them all for their encouragement. Heidelberg, March 1984 The Editors Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . Concordance Relation: ICSU-AB-AAA 3 Abbreviations 10 Periodicals, Proceedings, Books, Activities 001 Periodicals . . . . . . . . . . . 15 002 Bibliographical Publications, Documentation, Catalogues, Atlases 50 003 Books ...... . 58 004 History of Astronomy 67 005 Biography . . 71 006 Personal Notes 73 007 Obituaries . . .


National Science Foundation Act Amendments of 1968

National Science Foundation Act Amendments of 1968

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Special Subcommittee on Science

Publisher:

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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Considers S. 2598, and similar H.R. 5404, technical amendments to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, to provide funds for applied as well as basic research, to allow increased support of international science projects, to specify more clearly the duties of the National Science Board, and to include social sciences under the Board's jurisdiction. Includes H. Rpt. 90-1236, "National Science Foundation-Its Present and Future," Feb. 1, 1966 (p. 197-332).