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Title Einstein and the history of general relativity : based on The proceedings of the 1986 Osgood Hill Conference, North Andover, Massachusetts, 8-11 May 1986 / Don Howard, John Stachel, editors
Published Boston : Birkhäuser, [1989]
©1989

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Description xii, 445 pages ; 24 cm
Series Einstein studies ; v. 1
Einstein studies ; v. 1
Contents What was Einstein's principle of equivalence? / John Norton -- The rigidly rotating disk as the "missing link" in the history of general relativity / John Stachel -- Einstein's search for general covariance, 1912- 1915 / John Stachel -- How Einstein found his field equations, 1912-1915 / John Norton -- Max Abraham and the reception of relativity in Italy / Carlo Cattani and Michelangelo De Maria -- The 1915 epistolary controversy between Einstein and Tullio Levi-Civita / Carlo Cattani and Michelangelo De Maria -- Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, the ether, and the general theory of relativity / A.J. Kox -- The early interpretation of the Schwarzschild solution / Jean Eisenstaedt -- The early history of the "problem of motion" in general relativity / Peter Havas -- The low water mark of general relativity, 1925-1955 / Jean Eisenstaedt -- The canonical formulation of general-relativistic theories / Peter G. Bergmann -- Einstein, Hilbert, and Weyl / Vladimir P. Vizgin -- Inside the coconut / Michel Biezunski -- The Einstein-de Sitter controversy of 1916-1917 and the rise of relativistic cosmology / Pierre Kerszberg -- The expanding universe / George F.R. Ellis
Analysis Astrophysics History Congresses
General History Congresses
Notes "Organized under the auspices of the Boston University Center for Einstein Studies"--Preface
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Congresses.
Astrophysics -- History -- Congresses.
General relativity (Physics) -- History -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Howard, Don, 1949-
Stachel, John J., 1928-
Boston University. Center for Einstein Studies.
Osgood Hill Conference (3rd : 1986 : North Andover, Massachusetts)
LC no. 89000797
ISBN 0817633928 alkaline paper
3764333928
9780817633929 alkaline paper
9783764333928