Hans Stephani

Hans Stephani
Born	(1935-01-20)January 20, 1935 Brumby, Germany
Died	September 14, 2003(2003-09-14) (aged 68)
Citizenship	German
Scientific career
Fields	Relativity Mathematics
Thesis	The structure of fields and equations of motion of charged gravitating point masses in the first and second (post-Newtonian) approximation (of Einstein’s theory)  (1963)
Doctoral advisor	Ernst Schmutzer

Hans Stephani (January 20, 1935 — September 14, 2003) was a German physicist who mainly worked on the General theory of relativity.

Biography

Stephani obtained his master's degree at Jena in 1958 under the supervision of Gerhard Heber. He finished his PhD under Ernst Schmutzer at University of Jena and joined as a lecturer there. His wife Irmtraud Stephani is a mathematician at the same university. He retired in 2000.

Books

• Hans Stephani, Dietrich Kramer, Malcolm MacCallum, Cornelius Hoenselaers, Eduard Herlt (2009). Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations. Cambridge University Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Hans Stephani, Malcolm MacCallum (1990). Differential Equations: Their Solution Using Symmetries. Cambridge University Press.
• Hans Stephani (2004). Relativity: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity. Cambridge University Press.