The Perfect Theory (51 page)

and radio sources,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

wins Nobel Prize,
[>]
,
[>]

 

Sachs, Rainer: and “Big Bang” theory,
[>]

Sagan, Carl,
[>]

Sakharov, Andrei: background of,
[>]

and cosmology,
[>]
–
[>]

and field equations,
[>]

and gravity,
[>]

and modifications to general relativity,
[>]
,
[>]

political opinions,
[>]
–
[>]

“Reflections on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence, and Intellectual Freedom,”
[>]

and spacetime,
[>]
–
[>]

Zel'dovich and,
[>]
,
[>]

Salam, Abdus,
[>]

and electroweak force,
[>]

and standard model,
[>]
,
[>]

Salpeter, Edwin,
[>]
–
[>]

satellite missions: general relativity and,
[>]
–
[>]

Schild, Alfred,
[>]

background of,
[>]
–
[>]

forms Center for Relativity,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]

Schmidt, Brian: and cosmological constant,
[>]

wins Nobel Prize,
[>]

Schmidt, Maarten: and radio sources,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Schrödinger, Erwin,
[>]

flees Germany,
[>]

and quantum physics,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Space-Time Structure,
[>]

Schutz, Bernard,
[>]
,
[>]

Schwartz, John: and string theory,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

Schwarzschild, Karl,
[>]

death of,
[>]

discovers black holes,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Eddington on,
[>]

“The Effect of Wind and Air-Density on the Path of a Projectile,”
[>]

and Einstein,
[>]
–
[>]

and gravity's effects on spacetime,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

solves field equations,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

in World War I,
[>]

“Schwarzschild surface,”
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Schwinger, Julian: and quantum electrodynamics,
[>]
,
[>]

Sciama, Dennis,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

accepts “Big Bang” theory,
[>]
,
[>]

background of,
[>]
–
[>]

and black holes,
[>]

and Dirac,
[>]
–
[>]

and gravity waves,
[>]

and Hawking,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]

and quasars,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

and steady-state theory,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]

Seaborg, Glenn: discovers plutonium,
[>]

Serber, Robert,
[>]

Silberstein, Ludwik: and special relativity,
[>]
–
[>]

Silk, Joseph: and “Big Bang” theory,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

and large-scale structure theory,
[>]

singularities.
See
“Big Bang” theory; black holes

Sirius B: as white dwarf star,
[>]
,
[>]

Slee, Bruce: and radio sources,
[>]
–
[>]

Slipher, Vesto: measures redshift effect,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Smarr, Larry: and black holes,
[>]
,
[>]

Smolin, Lee: and quantum gravity,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

on string theory,
[>]

Smoot, George: and
Cosmic Background Explorer,
[>]

wins Nobel Prize,
[>]

Snyder, Hartland: and black holes,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

and stellar evolution and decay,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Sommerfeld, Arnold,
[>]

Southwest Center for Advanced Studies (Dallas),
[>]

Soviet Union: develops atomic bomb,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

general relativity in,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]

purge of physicists in,
[>]

quantum physics in,
[>]
–
[>]

Space-Time Structure
(Schrödinger),
[>]

spacetime: canonical approach to,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]

covariant approach to,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

curvature of,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]

effect of gravity on,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

effects of general relativity on,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

effects of inflationary universe model on,
[>]

Einstein and,
[>]
,
[>]

geometry of,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

observational evidence of,
[>]
–
[>]

Sakharov and,
[>]
–
[>]

in string theory,
[>]
–
[>]

wave theory of,
[>]

special theory of relativity.
See
relativity, special

Spergel, David: and cosmological constant,
[>]

on cosmology,
[>]

spin networks: Penrose creates,
[>]

and quantum gravity,
[>]
,
[>]

Square Kilometer Array (SKA),
[>]
–
[>]

Stalin, Joseph: “Dialectical and Historical Materialism,”
[>]

and Soviet atomic bomb project,
[>]
–
[>]

standard model of forces,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

and dark matter,
[>]

Dirac and,
[>]

Efstathiou and,
[>]
–
[>]

Glashow and,
[>]

Hawking and,
[>]

Salam and,
[>]
,
[>]

and string theory,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

Weinberg and,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Star Trek
(TV series),
[>]

Stark, Johannes,
[>]

attacks Heisenberg,
[>]

rejects general relativity,
[>]

Starobinsky, Alexei,
[>]

stars: Eddington and,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

globular clusters,
[>]

gravity's effect on,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

neutron stars,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

quantum physics and,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

sources of energy in,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]

supernovae,
[>]

[>]
-ray stars,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]

stars, evolution and decay of,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
.
See also
black holes

Chandra and,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Eddington and,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Einstein and,
[>]
–
[>]

Fowler and,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]

Landau and,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Oppenheimer and,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Snyder and,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Wheeler and,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

white dwarfs,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Stars and Atoms
(Eddington),
[>]

static model of universe,
[>]
,
[>]
.
See also
steady-state theory

de Sitter and,
[>]
,
[>]

Einstein promotes,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

instability of,
[>]

steady-state theory.
See also
static model of universe

Bondi and,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]

Born on,
[>]

Einstein on,
[>]

Gold and,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Heisenberg and,
[>]