{"product_id":"spacetime-and-geometry-the-alfred-schild-lectures-paperback-softback-9780292741386","title":"Spacetime and Geometry; The Alfred Schild Lectures (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292741386","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpacetime and Geometry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Alfred Schild Lectures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard A. Matzner (Edited by), L. C. Shepley (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292741386\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 May 1982\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese reports, at the forefront of relativity theory when they were written, in particular the geometrical aspects of spacetime theory, were the result of the Alfred Schild Memorial Lecture Series presented at the University of Texas at Austin beginning in 1977. Each article is a self-contained summary of an important area of contemporary gravitational physics, while the book as a whole provides an overview of a wide variety of the problems of general relativity and gravitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. Why Is the Universe So Symmetrical? (Dennis Sciama) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. Null Congruences and Plebanski-Schild Spaces (Ivor Robinson) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. Linearization Stability (Dieter Brill) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Nonlinear Model Field Theories Based on Harmonic Mappings (Charles W. Misner) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. Gravitational Fields in General Relativity (Roy P. Kerr) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. On the Potential Barriers Surrounding the Schwarzschild Black Hole \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e (Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. The Initial Value Problem and Beyond (James W. York, Jr., and Tsvi Piran) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes on Contributors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index to Works Cited \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index of Topics \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530866028824,"sku":"9780292741386","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/spacetime-and-geometry-the-alfred-schild-lectures-paperback-softback-9780292741386","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}