The renaissance of general relativity in context
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 trea...
| Other Authors: | Blum, Alexander S., Lalli, Roberto,, Renn, Jürgen, 1956-, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cham :
Birkhäuser,
[2020]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (x, 406 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). |
| Series: |
Einstein studies ;
v. 16. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.