Biography:Hans Stephani
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Hans Stephani | |
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Born | Brumby, Germany |
Died | September 14, 2003 | (aged 68)
Citizenship | German |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Relativity Mathematics |
Thesis | The structure of fields and equations of motion of charged gravitating point masses in the first and second (post-Newtonian) approximation (of Einstein’s theory) (1963) |
Doctoral advisor | Ernst Schmutzer[1] |
Hans Stephani was a German physicist who mainly worked on the General theory of relativity.[2]
Biography
Stephani obtained his master's degree at Jena in 1958 under the supervision of Gerhard Heber. He finished his PhD under Ernst Schmutzer at University of Jena and joined as lecturer there. His wife Irmtraud Stephani is a mathematician at the same university. He retired in 2000.
Books
- Hans Stephani, Dietrich Kramer, Malcolm MacCallum, Cornelius Hoenselaers, Eduard Herlt (2009). Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations. Cambridge University Press.
- Hans Stephani, Malcolm MacCallum (1990). Differential Equations: Their Solution Using Symmetries. Cambridge University Press. https://archive.org/details/differentialequa0000step.
- Hans Stephani (2004). Relativity: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity. Cambridge University Press.
References
- ↑ "Hans Stephani". The Mathematics Genealogy Project. https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=67567.
- ↑ MacCallum, M. (April 2004). "Memorial: Hans Stephani". General Relativity and Gravitation 36 (4): 899–901. doi:10.1023/B:GERG.0000017042.76727.06.