Pirani, F. A. E. (Felix Arnold Edward), 1928-
Oral history interview with Felix Pirani, 2011 June 23.
In this interview, Felix Pirani discusses topics such as: his family background and childhood; general relativity; P. A. M. Dirac; Peter Bergmann; Hermann Bondi; Alfred Schild; Carnegie Institute of Technology; Cambridge University; Bryce and Cecile DeWitt; Dennis Sciama; Riemann tensor; gravitational waves.
PhD, Carnegie Institute of Technology (1951) under Alfred Schild; second PhD, Cambridge University (1956) under Hermann Bondi; worked in gravitation and general relativity.
Bergmann, Peter Gabriel.
Bondi, Hermann
DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004.
DeWitt-Morette, Cčile
Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984
Pirani, F. A. E. (Felix Arnold Edward), 1928-
Schild, Alfred, 1921-
Sciama, D. W. (Dennis William), 1926-
Carnegie Institute of Technology.
University of Cambridge
General relativity (Physics)
Gravitational waves.
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American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA