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Author: S. A. Huggett Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521456890 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 196
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Evolving from graduate lectures given in London and Oxford, this introduction to twistor theory and modern geometrical approaches to space-time structure will provide graduate students with the basics of twistor theory, presupposing some knowledge of special relativity and differenttial geometry.
Author: S. A. Huggett Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521456890 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
Evolving from graduate lectures given in London and Oxford, this introduction to twistor theory and modern geometrical approaches to space-time structure will provide graduate students with the basics of twistor theory, presupposing some knowledge of special relativity and differenttial geometry.
Author: Peter Woit Publisher: Basic Books ISBN: 046500363X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 336
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At what point does theory depart the realm of testable hypothesis and come to resemble something like aesthetic speculation, or even theology? The legendary physicist Wolfgang Pauli had a phrase for such ideas: He would describe them as "not even wrong," meaning that they were so incomplete that they could not even be used to make predictions to compare with observations to see whether they were wrong or not. In Peter Woit's view, superstring theory is just such an idea. In Not Even Wrong , he shows that what many physicists call superstring "theory" is not a theory at all. It makes no predictions, even wrong ones, and this very lack of falsifiability is what has allowed the subject to survive and flourish. Not Even Wrong explains why the mathematical conditions for progress in physics are entirely absent from superstring theory today and shows that judgments about scientific statements, which should be based on the logical consistency of argument and experimental evidence, are instead based on the eminence of those claiming to know the truth. In the face of many books from enthusiasts for string theory, this book presents the other side of the story.
Author: R. S. Ward Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521422680 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 534
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Deals with the twistor treatment of certain linear and non-linear partial differential equations. The description in terms of twistors involves algebraic and differential geometry, and several complex variables.
Author: John Cramer Publisher: Courier Dover Publications ISBN: 048680450X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 386
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Gripping novel of hard science fiction by physicist author recounts discovery of the Twistor Effect, which opens doors into countless alternate universes and draws dangerous attention from industrial spies and corporate killers.
Author: Stephen Huggett Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 9780824793210 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 290
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Presents the proceedings of the recently held conference at the University of Plymouth. Papers describe recent work by leading researchers in twistor theory and cover a wide range of subjects, including conformal invariants, integral transforms, Einstein equations, anti-self-dual Riemannian 4-manifolds, deformation theory, 4-dimensional conformal structures, and more.;The book is intended for complex geometers and analysts, theoretical physicists, and graduate students in complex analysis, complex differential geometry, and mathematical physics.
Author: Stephen Huggett Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351406558 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 288
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Presents the proceedings of the recently held conference at the University of Plymouth. Papers describe recent work by leading researchers in twistor theory and cover a wide range of subjects, including conformal invariants, integral transforms, Einstein equations, anti-self-dual Riemannian 4-manifolds, deformation theory, 4-dimensional conformal structures, and more.;The book is intended for complex geometers and analysts, theoretical physicists, and graduate students in complex analysis, complex differential geometry, and mathematical physics.
Author: Maciej Dunajski Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0198570627 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 374
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A text aimed at third year undergraduates and graduates in mathematics and physics, presenting elementary twistor theory as a universal technique for solving differential equations in applied mathematics and theoretical physics.
Author: Roger Penrose Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0593315308 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 1136
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**WINNER OF THE 2020 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS** The Road to Reality is the most important and ambitious work of science for a generation. It provides nothing less than a comprehensive account of the physical universe and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. It assumes no particular specialist knowledge on the part of the reader, so that, for example, the early chapters give us the vital mathematical background to the physical theories explored later in the book. Roger Penrose's purpose is to describe as clearly as possible our present understanding of the universe and to convey a feeling for its deep beauty and philosophical implications, as well as its intricate logical interconnections. The Road to Reality is rarely less than challenging, but the book is leavened by vivid descriptive passages, as well as hundreds of hand-drawn diagrams. In a single work of colossal scope one of the world's greatest scientists has given us a complete and unrivalled guide to the glories of the universe that we all inhabit. 'Roger Penrose is the most important physicist to work in relativity theory except for Einstein. He is one of the very few people I've met in my life who, without reservation, I call a genius' Lee Smolin
Author: Robert J. Baston Publisher: Courier Dover Publications ISBN: 0486816621 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 257
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Geared toward students of physics and mathematics; presupposes no familiarity with twistor theory. "A huge amount of information, well organized and condensed into less than 200 pages." — Mathematical Reviews. 1989 edition.
Author: S. A. Huggett
Author: S. A. Huggett
Author: Peter Woit
Author: R. S. Ward
Author: John Cramer
Author: Stephen Huggett
Author: Stephen Huggett
Author: Maciej Dunajski
Author: Roger Penrose
Author: H.D. Doebner
Author: Robert J. Baston