On Einstein's Path

Essays in Honor of Engelbert Schucking

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This collection of essays in honor of Engelbert Schucking spans the gamut of research in general relativity and presents a lively and personal account of current work in the field. Contributions include: E.L. Schucking: Jordan, Pauli, Politics, Brecht...and a Variable Gravitational Constant J.L. Anderson: Thomson Scattering in an Expanding Universe A. Ashtekar & T.A. Schilling: Geometrical Formulation of Quantum Mechanics J. Baugh, D.R. Finkelstein, H. Saller, and Zhong Tang: General Covariance is Bose-Einstein Statistics S.L. Bazanski: The Split and Propagation of Light Rays in Relativity L. Bel: How to Define a Unique Vacuum in Cosmology P.G. Bergmann: EIH Theory and Noether's Theorem W.B. Bonnor: The Static Cylinder in General Relativity C.H. Brahns: Gravity and the Tenacious Scalar Field D. Brill: The Cavendish Experiment in General Relativity Y. Choquet-Bruhat: Wave Maps in General Relativity T. Damour: General Relativty and Experiment J. Ehlers: Some Developments in Newtonian Cosmology G.F.R. Ellis & H. van Elst: Deviation of Geodesics in FLRW Spacetime Geometries S. Frittelli & E.T. Newman: Poincar Pseudo-symmetries in Asymptotically Flat Spacetimes E.N. Glass: Taub Numbers and Asymptotic Invariants J.N. Goldberg: Second Class Constraints F.W. Hehl, A. Macias, E.W. Mielke, & Yu.N. Obukhov: On the Structure of the Energy-momentum and the Spin Currents in Dirac's Electron

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Preface
Contributors
Jordan, Pauli, Politics, Brecht ... and a Variable Gravitational Constant	p. 1
Thomson Scattering in an Expanding Universe	p. 15
Geometrical Formulation of Quantum Mechanics	p. 23
General Covariance is Bose-Einstein Statistics	p. 67
The Split and Propagation of Light Rays in Relativity	p. 81
How to Define a Unique Vacuum in Cosmology	p. 95
EIH Theory and Noether's Theorem	p. 107
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Gravity and the Tenacious Scalar Field	p. 121
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On the Structure of the Energy-Momentum and the Spin Currents in Dirac's Electron Theory	p. 257
The Physical Reality of the Quantum Wave Function	p. 275
The Ultimate Extension of the Bianchi Classification for Rotating Dust Models	p. 283
On the Classification of the Real Four-Dimensional Lie Algebras	p. 299
Spinning Universes in Newtonian Cosmology	p. 319
Relativistic Gravitational Fields with Close Newtonian Analogs	p. 329
Working with Engelbert	p. 339
Some Remarks on Twistor Theory	p. 353
Critique of the Wheeler-DeWitt Equation	p. 367
A New Version of the Heavenly Equation	p. 381
A Plain Man's Guide to Bivectors, Biquaternions, and the Algebra and Geometry of Lorentz Transformations	p. 407
Leon Lichtenstein's Work on Rotating Fluids	p. 435
Decaying Neutrinos and the Flattening of the Galactic Halo	p. 443
The Kasner Condition and Inhomogeneous Perfect Fluid Cosmologies	p. 449
Gravitational Screening	p. 465
On the Interpretation of the Einstein-Cartan Formalism	p. 475
On Complex Structures in Physics	p. 487
The Engelbert Experience: Pathways from the Past	p. 503
Curriculum Vita	p. 515
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