https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/e2019-100044-5
Oral history interview
Memories of my early career in relativity physics★
1
Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw,
Warsaw, Poland
2
Austin College,
900 North Grand Ave,
Sherman,
TX
75090, USA
3
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science,
Boltzmannstrasse 22,
14195
Berlin, Germany
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Received:
14
September
2019
Published online: 15 November 2019
Abstract
This interview is focused on university studies and early career in relativity physics including thesis work under Leopold Infeld dealing with gravitational waves. Trautman’s recollections include the collaboration with Ivor Robinson and relationships with relevant personalities like Felix Pirani, Jerzy Plebanski, Roger Penrose and Peter Bergmann.
The text presented here and revised by the authors is based on the original oral history interview recorded in Warsaw on June 24 and June 28, 2016. A technical contextual analysis by one of the authors of some of the physics discussed here is in preparation [21].
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