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The Universe of General Relativity A.J. Kox

The Universe of General Relativity By A.J. Kox

The Universe of General Relativity by A.J. Kox

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Based on the 6th Int'l Conference on the History of General Relativity, held in Amsterdam on June 26-29, 2002, this title offers insights on gravitation, general relativity, cosmology, unified field theory, and the history of science.

The Universe of General Relativity Summary

The Universe of General Relativity by A.J. Kox

Outgrowth of 6th Int'l Conference on the History of General Relativity, held in Amsterdam on June 26-29, 2002

Contributions from notable experts offer both new and historical insights on gravitation, general relativity, cosmology, unified field theory, and the history of science

Topics run gamet from detailed mathematical discussions to more personal recollections of relativity as seen through the eyes of the public and renowned relativists

Table of Contents

* Preface * Stachel: Fresnel's (Dragging) Coefficient as a Challenge to 19th Century Optics of Moving Bodies * Katzir: Poincare's Relativistic Theory of Gravitation * Renn: Standing on the Shoulders of a Dwarf: General Relativity-A Triumph of Einstein and Grossman's Erroneous Entwurf Theory * Renn: Before the Riemann Tensor: The Emergence of Einstein's Double Strategy * Norton: A Conjecture on Einstein, the Independent Reality of Spacetime Coordinate Systems and the Disaster of 1913 * Lehner: Einstein and the Principle of General Relativity, 1916-1921 * Kennefick: Einstein and the Problem of Motion: A Small Clue * Brading: A Note on General Relativity, Energy Conservation, and Noether's Theorems * Rynasiewicz: Weyl vs. Reichenbach on Lichtgeometrie * Gale: Dingle and de Sitter Against the Metaphysicians, or Two Ways to Keep Modern Cosmology Physical * Kragh: George Gamow and the 'Factual Approach' to Relativistic Cosmology * Sanchez-Ron: George McVittie, The Uncompromising Empiricist * Smeenk: False Vacuum: Early Universe Cosmology and the Development of Inflation * Majer and Sauer: Hilbert's 'World Equations' and His Vision of a Unified Science * Wunsch: Einstein, Kaluza and the Fifth Dimension * Goenner: Unified Field Theory: Early History and Interplay between Mathematics and Physics * Mattingly: Is Quantum Gravity Necessary? * Wazeck: Einstein in the Daily Press: A Glimpse into the Gehrcke Papers * Goldberg: Syracuse: 1949-1952 * Newman: A Biased and PersonalDescription of GR at Syracuse University, 1951-1961

Additional information

NPB9780817643805
9780817643805
081764380X
The Universe of General Relativity by A.J. Kox
A.J. Kox
Einstein Studies
New
Hardback
Birkhauser Boston Inc
2005-11-09
383
N/A
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