Studies in the history of general relativity: Based on the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the History of General Relativity, Luminy, France, 1988 (1992)
Birkhäuser
Edition Details: Eisenstaedt, Jean, Kox, A.J., editors.
Physical Details: xii + 468 pp.; notes
Description Contents: Lopes Gagean, David, Da Costa Leite, Manuel: General relativity and Portugal: A few pointers towards peripheral reception studies. Goenner, Hubert F.M.: The reception of the theory of relativity in Germany as reflected by books published between 1908 and 1945. Kox, A.J.: General relativity in the Netherlands, 1915-1920. Sanchez-Ron, José M.: The reception of general relativity among British physicists and mathematicians (1915-1930). Goldberg, Joshua N.: US Air Force support of general relativity: 1956-1972. Lichnerowicz, André: Mathematics and general relativity: A recollection. Mercier, André: General relativity at the turning point of its renewal. Barbour, Julian B.: Einstein and Mach's principle. Howard, Don: Einstein and Eindeutigkeit: A neglected theme in the philosophical background to general relativity. Illy, József: The correspondence of Albert Einstein and Gustav Mie, 1917-1918. Kostro, Ludwik: An outline of the history of Einstein's relativistic ether conception. Norton, John: The physical content of general covariance. Miller, Arthur I.: Albert Einstein's 1907 Jahrbuch paper: The first step from SRT to GRT. Berg, Gunnar: On the origin of the concept of an Einstein space. Janssen, Michel: H.A. Lorentz's attempt to give a coordinate-free formulation of the general theory of relativity. Bergmann, Peter G.: Quantization of the gravitational field, 1930-1988. Gorelik, Gennady E.: The first steps of quantum gravity and the Planck values. Kichenassamy, S.: Dirac equations in curved space-time. Damour, Thibault, Schäfer, Gerhard: Levi-Civita and the general-relativistic problem of motion. Średniawa, Bronislaw: Myron Mathisson's and Jan Weyssenhoff's work on the problem of motion in general relativity. Stachel, John: The Cauchy problem in general relativity--The early years. Vilain, Christiane: Spherical coordinates in general relativity from 1915 to 1960: A physical interpretation. Godart, Odon: Contributions of Lemaître to general relativity (1922-1934). Urbantke, Helmuth: Schrödinger and cosmology.
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