Enseignement académique : Einstein and beyond: Introduction to General relativity

2005-2006 ACADEMIC TRAINING PROGRAMME
LECTURE SERIES
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 October
from 11:00 to 12:00 - Main Auditorium, bldg. 500

Einstein and beyond: Introduction to General relativity
by N. Straumann / Institut fur theoretische physics, Univ. Zürich

We review the enduring achievements of Einstein's papers of 1905 and their impact on the further developments in physics.

Program :

Lectures I and II:
Einstein's Contributions to Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Theory

Lecture III:
Einstein's Thesis at the University of Zürich

Lecture IV:
From Special to General Relativity

Lecture V:
The History and the Mystery of the Cosmological Constant

ENSEIGNEMENT ACADEMIQUE
ACADEMIC TRAINING
Françoise Benz 73127
academic.training@cern.ch

par Françoise Benz