This volume comprises the lectures given at the Fifth Anniversary Symposium held at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Madras, India, during January 1967. Professor Dallaporta of Padua delivered the inaugural address on the fundamental problem of quasars "whose study appears to hold im plications for cosmology." He presented a critical review of several attempts to understand their exceptionally large red shifts and also discussed the physical theories concerning the cause of the explosions which give rise to the quasars and to the tremendous energy output they require - questions which still remain unanswered. He stated, in concluding, that we may have to invoke certain aspects of the present theories of elementary particles in order to unravel these mysteries. Professor Mercier, well known for his studies on the philosophical foundations of modern physics, critically examined the various at tempts, such as that of Einstein, to formulate a unified field theory.

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Book Title: Symposia on Theoretical Physics and Mathematics 8
Book Subtitle: Lectures presented at the 1967 Fifth Anniversary Symposium of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences Madras, India
Editors: Alladi Ramakrishnan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7721-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Plenum Press 1968
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-7723-8Published: 24 April 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-7721-4Published: 09 March 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 200
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

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