University of Toronto Carnegie Institute of Technology University of Cambridge
Known for
General relativity Gravitational wave solution
Scientific career
Fields
Physicist
Institutions
King's College London
Doctoral advisors
Alfred Schild Hermann Bondi
Doctoral students
Valentine Joseph Peter Szekeres
Felix Arnold Edward Pirani (2 February 1928 – 31 December 2015) was a British theoretical physicist, and professor at King's College London, specialising in gravitational physics and general relativity.[1][2][4] Pirani and Hermann Bondi wrote a series of articles (1959 to 1989) that established the existence of plane wave solutions for gravitational waves based on general relativity.[2][5][6][7][8][9]
During the last half of the 20th century Pirani was politically active, studied disarmament and advocated the responsible use of science.[2][10][11]
His most famous scientific results include works on the physical meaning of the curvature tensor, gravitational waves, and the algebraic classification of the Weyl tensor, which he discovered in 1957 independently of A.Z. Petrov and is sometimes called the Petrov-Pirani classification.
^ ab"Felix Pirani obituary". The Guardian. 4 February 2016.
^ abcd"Obituary of Felix Pirani". The Daily Telegraph. 10 February 2016.
^Memorial to Felix Pirani – The Muchloved Community
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^Pirani, Felix (1956), "On the physical significance of the Riemann tensor", Acta Physica Polonica, 15: 389–405, Bibcode:1956AcPP...15..389P
^Pirani, Felix A. E (9 April 2009), "Republication of: On the physical significance of the Riemann tensor", General Relativity and Gravitation, 41 (5): 1215–1232, Bibcode:2009GReGr..41.1215P, doi:10.1007/s10714-009-0787-9, S2CID 121457672
^Pirani, F. A (1 February 1957), "Invariant formulation of gravitational radiation Theory", Phys. Rev., 105 (3): 1089–1099, Bibcode:1957PhRv..105.1089P, doi:10.1103/PhysRev.105.1089
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^Hermann Bondi; F. A. E. Pirani (8 February 1989). "Gravitational Waves in General Relativity. XIII. Caustic Property of Plane Waves". Proc. R. Soc. A. 251 (1227): 395. Bibcode:1989RSPSA.421..395B. doi:10.1098/rspa.1989.0016. S2CID 121994014.
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Salzmann & Taub and was identified with isometric Killing motion by FelixPirani & Gareth Williams (1962)). He pointed out that they consist of worldlines...
William (1993). Newton for Beginners. Icon Books. ISBN 1863734953. Felix, Pirani; Christina, Roche (1993). The Universe for Beginners. Icon Books. ISBN 1874166064...
Ravetz, Jill Purce, Jonathan Rosenhead, Steven Rose, Hilary Rose and FelixPirani. At a meeting of the British Science Association (BSA) in Durham in 1970...
Michael (1992). Einstein for Beginners. Icon Books. ISBN 978-1874166023. Felix, Pirani; Christina, Roche (1993). The Universe for Beginners. Icon Books. ISBN 978-1874166061...
1980 ed.). The Macmillan Company. ISBN 0-486-64039-6. Crampin, Michael; Pirani, Felix Arnold Edward (1994). Applicable differential geometry. Cambridge, England:...
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis...
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis...
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M. I....
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis...
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