The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context

Alexander S. Blum, Roberto Lalli, Jürgen Renn (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

X, 406 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-50756-5 (ISBN)

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This contributed volume explores the renaissance of general relativity after World War II, when it transformed from a marginal theory into a cornerstone of modern physics. Chapters explore key historical processes related to the theory of general relativity, in addition to presenting a thorough treatment of the relevant science behind these episodes. A broad historiographical framework is introduced first, thus providing the broad context in which the given computational approaches and case studies occurred. Written by an international and interdisciplinary group of expert authors, these chapters will bring readers to a more complete understanding of Einstein's theory. Specific topics include:

Social and citation networks
The Fock-Infeld dispute
Wheeler's turn to gravitation theory
The position of general relativity in theories of fundamental interactions
The pursuit of a quantum theory of gravity
The emergence of dark matter in relation to cosmological models
Institutional frameworks for gravitational wave search in Europe

The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context is ideal for historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science. Students and researchers in physics will also be interested in the topics explored.

The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context: A Historiographical Review.- The Socio-Epistemic Networks of General Relativity, 1925-1970.- Patronage of Gravitational Physics and the Relativity Community in the USA (1949-1959).- The Fock-Infeld Dispute: An Illustration of the Renaissance of General Relativity in the Soviet Union.- Tokyo Wheeler or the Epistemic Preconditions of the Renaissance of Relativity.- Cosmological Constant A vs. Massive Gravitons: A Case Study in General Relativity Exceptionalism vs. Particle Physics Egalitarianism.- Toward a Quantum Theory of Gravity: Syracuse 1949-1962.- Closing in on the Cosmos: Cosmology's Rebirth and the Rise of the Dark Matter Problem.- Gravitational-wave Research as an Emerging Field in the Max Planck Society: The Long Roots of GEO600 and of the Albert Einstein Institute.- The Origins of Virgo and the Emergence of the International Gravitational Wave Community.

"The renaissance of general relativity provides a rich case study for thinking about fundamental problems of scientific change. ... The book is a great cross section of those different approaches, which will make it valuable to scholars in history and sociology of physics ... . Nevertheless, The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context will quickly become a classic in the history of the field, and it will perhaps spur new research programs of its own." (Matthew Stanley, Physics Today, July, 2021)

“The renaissance of general relativity provides a rich case study for thinking about fundamental problems of scientific change. … The book is a great cross section of those different approaches, which will make it valuable to scholars in history and sociology of physics … . Nevertheless, The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context will quickly become a classic in the history of the field, and it will perhaps spur new research programs of its own.” (Matthew Stanley, Physics Today, July, 2021)

Erscheinungsdatum	14.11.2021
Reihe/Serie	Einstein Studies
Zusatzinfo	X, 406 p. 29 illus., 27 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	635 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
Schlagworte	Dark matter history • General relativity history • General relativity renaissance • GEO600 detector • gravitational physics • gravitational waves • Gravitational waves history • Gravitation theory history • Gravitation theory in physics • Gravitation theory vs general relativity • John Wheeler physics • Massive graviton • Massive graviton theory • Max Planck Society history • Quantum gravity theory • Relativistic astrophysics • Virgo gravitational waves
ISBN-10	3-030-50756-4 / 3030507564
ISBN-13	978-3-030-50756-5 / 9783030507565
Zustand	Neuware