Hans Stephani

Hans Stephani (January 20, 1935 — September 14, 2003) was a German physicist who mainly worked on the General theory of relativity.^[2]

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[1]

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.