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Nature 403, 722 (17 February 2000) | doi:10.1038/35001716

Obituary: Dennis Sciama (1926–99)

George F.R Ellis

In the years after the Second World War, general relativity theory and cosmology were transformed. Previously seen as only of philosophical interest, they have become central strands in physics, and the new subject of relativistic astrophysics has come into being.