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D. W. Sciama (1926–1999)

Author of Modern Cosmology

11+ Works 135 Members 1 Review

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Includes the names: D.W. Sciama, Dennis Sciama, Dennis W. Sciama, Dennis William Sciama, Dennis William Sciama, Dennis Sciama e altri

Works by D. W. Sciama

Modern Cosmology (1971) 44 copies

The Unity of the Universe (2009) 37 copies

The Physical Foundations of General Relativity (1969) 32 copies

Modern Cosmology and the Dark Matter Problem (1994) 8 copies

Cosmologie a confronto (1976) 4 copies

相对性·重力·宇宙 : THE UNITY OF THE UNIVERSE 2 copies

Questo bizzarro universo (1998) 2 copies, 1 review

Cosmologia moderna (1999) 2 copies

Cosmologie a confronto 2 copies

A new kind of Physics?: A broadcast symposium 1 copy

Inertia 1 copy

Associated Works

The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (1973) — Contributor — 169 copies, 2 reviews

The Nature of Time (1986) — Contributor — 43 copies, 1 review

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Sciama, D. W.
Legal name: Sciama, Dennis William Siahou
Other names: Sciama, Dennis W.
Birthdate: 1926-11-18
Date of death: 1999-12-18
Burial location: Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Manchester, England, UK
Place of death: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Places of residence: Austin, Texas, USA
Trieste, Italy
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Education: Trinity College, University of Cambridge (BA|1947|Ph.D|1953)
Occupations: physicist
cosmologist
professor
Relationships: Barrow, John D. (student)
Ellis, George F. R. (doctoral student)
Hawking, Stephen (doctoral student)
Sciama, Lidia (wife)
Organizations: University of Oxford
University of Cambridge
International School for Advanced Studies
International Society of General Relativity and Gravitation (president)
British Army
Awards and honors: Fellow, Royal Society (1983)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1982)
International Member, American Philosophical Society (1980)
Accademia dei Lincei (1984)
Faraday Medal (1991)
Guthrie Medal and Prize (1991) (show all 7)
James Scott Prize Lectureship (1974-1979)

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Questo bizzarro universo by Dennis William Sciama

http://www.direnzo.it/main.phtml?Language=it&Doc=0001&ISBN=8886044895

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Works: 11
Also by: 2
Members: 135
Popularity: #150,831
Rating: 4.0

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 13
Languages: 2

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