Einstein and the History of General Relativity

Buch | Hardcover

446 Seiten

1989
Birkhauser Boston Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8176-3392-9 (ISBN)

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Based upon the proceedings of the First International Conference on the History of General Relativity, held at Boston University's Osgood Hill Conference Center, North Andover, Massachusetts, 8-11 May 1986, this volume brings together essays by twelve prominent historians and philosophers of science and physicists. The topics range from the development of general relativity (John Norton, John Stachel) and its early reception (Carlo Cattani, Michelangelo De Maria, Anne Kox), through attempts to understand the physical implications of the theory (Jean Eisenstaedt, Peter Havas) and to quantize it (Peter G. Bergmann), to elaborations of the theory into a unified theory of electromagnetism and gravitation (Vladimir P. Vizgin, Michel Biezunski), and considerations of its cosmological extensions (Pierre Kerszberg, George F.R. Ellis).

This is the first volume to survey many of the most important questions in the history of general relativity, with many of the contributions drawing upon such original resources as the Einstein Archive. It is hoped that it will stimulate much-needed further research in this hitherto neglected area.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.1989
Reihe/Serie	Einstein Studies ; 1
Zusatzinfo	XII, 446 p.
Verlagsort	Secaucus
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
ISBN-10	0-8176-3392-8 / 0817633928
ISBN-13	978-0-8176-3392-9 / 9780817633929
Zustand	Neuware