New book: “Special Relativity in General Frames” by Eric Gourgoulhon
Special Relativity in General Frames: From Particles to Astrophysics Eric Gourgoulhon Springer, 2013 784 pages Special relativity is presented by adopting a four-dimensional point of view from the...
View ArticleGiulio Rampa Thesis Prize 2014 edition
The University of Pavia is glad to announce the 2014 edition of the Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize For Outstanding Research in Mathematical or Numerical General Relativity. This international prize is...
View ArticleLiving Reviews in Relativity: Cosmology with Euclid / Testing GR with...
Living Reviews in Relativity has published three new review articles: “Cosmology and Fundamental Physics with the Euclid Satellite” by Luca Amendola et al. (Euclid Theory Working Group), “Testing...
View ArticleNew CQG focus issue on Massive Gravity edited by Shinji Mukohyama
I am very pleased to bring you this focus issue on ‘Massive Gravity’ guest edited by Shinji Mukohyama. http://j.mp/1daT1tF The aim of the issue is to highlight some of the recent developments in...
View ArticlePerimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics announces BrainSTEM: Your Future...
The BrainSTEM: Your Future is Now Festival will connect remarkable technological innovations to the scientific breakthroughs that make them possible. The festival will feature highly interactive...
View ArticleNew book: “Relativistic Hydrodynamics”, by Luciano Rezzolla and Olindo Zanotti
Relativistic Hydrodynamics Luciano Rezzolla, Olindo Zanotti Oxford University Press, 2013 Hard back, 752 pages, 128 colour illustrations, available as ebook Contents and reviews at...
View ArticleNew CQG focus issue on Scalars and Gravity edited by David Langlois
I am very pleased to bring you this special issue on ‘Scalars and Gravity’ guest edited by David Langlois. http://j.mp/19mB7p0 This issue presents several active directions of research where the...
View ArticleDeath of Alex Harvey
I have recently become aware that Alex Harvey had passed away. (I don’t recall an earlier post of this information). I spent a semester at Queens’ in 1991-2 as a Visiting Distinguished Professor on...
View ArticleDeath of Sotirios Bonanos
We are sorry to inform that Prof. Sotirios Bonanos, passed away on Tuesday, October 1st. He was a fine specialist in algebraic computer calculations and a scientist at the National Center for...
View ArticleGWIC Thesis Prize and Stefano Braccini Thesis Prize for 2013: 1st Announcement
The Gravitational Wave International Committee is pleased to announce that nominations for the 2013 GWIC Thesis Prize and for the 2013 Stefano Braccini Thesis Prize will soon be open. Both prizes...
View ArticleNominations open: 2014 IUPAP GRG Young Scientist Prize
Nomination Deadline 1 February 2014 The IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize As an affiliated commission (AC2) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP),...
View ArticleNew CQG focus issue on Pulsar Timing Arrays edited by M A Bizouard, F Jenet,...
The latest CQG focus issue is titled: ‘Pulsar Timing Arrays’ and is guest edited by M A Bizouard, F Jenet, R Price and C M Will. Gravitational-wave detection via a pulsar timing array (PTA) is now...
View ArticleLiving Reviews in Relativity: “Gravitational-Wave Tests of General Relativity...
Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on “Gravitational-Wave Tests of General Relativity with Ground-Based Detectors and Pulsar-Timing Arrays” by Nicolas Yunes and Xavier...
View ArticleChalonge School Autumn Open Session of Scientific Culture 2013
Chalonge School Autumn Open Session of Scientific Culture Title: “Interdisciplinarity and Latest news of the Universe anticipated” Thursday 28 November, at the Observatoire de Paris, in the historic...
View ArticleNew CQG focus issue on Astrophysical Black Holes edited by David Merritt and...
Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to present this focus issue on Astrophysical Black Holes, guest edited by David Merritt and Luciano Rezzolla: http://j.mp/180WQ6e The issue features 10 articles which...
View ArticleGWIC Thesis Prize and Stefano Braccini Thesis Prize for 2013: Call for...
The Gravitational Wave International Committee is pleased to announce that nominations for the 2013 GWIC Thesis Prize and for the 2013 Stefano Braccini Thesis Prize are now open. Both prizes recognize...
View ArticleREMINDER: The IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize
Nomination Deadline: 1 February 2014 As an affiliated commission (AC2) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation...
View ArticleBuchalter Cosmology Prize
The newly established Buchalter Cosmology Prize seeks to motivate and recognize innovative theoretical, observational, or experimental work in cosmology that has the potential to produce a breakthrough...
View Article2014 Awards for Essays on Gravitation
In 2014, for our sixty-fifth competition, the trustees of the Gravity Research Foundation are offering five awards for short essays for the purpose of stimulating thought and encouraging work on...
View ArticleThe Chalonge School Programme of the Year 2014
THE CHALONGE SCHOOL PROGRAMME 2014 23 Years of Activity-Calling for Understanding. Welcome to the Chalonge School. A Laboratory of Ideas. Research, Training and Scientific Culture. Science with great...
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