Beyond Einstein [E-Book] : Perspectives on Geometry, Gravitation, and Cosmology in the Twentieth Century / edited by David E. Rowe, Tilman Sauer, Scott A. Walter.
This volume explores the interplay between mathematical and physical research and the interactions of twentieth-century scientists within their academic communities. Beginning with Einstein's general theory of relativity, the authors investigate a series of dramatic discoveries and rival theori...
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| Personal Name(s): | Rowe, David E, editor |
| Sauer, Tilman, editor / Walter, Scott A, editor | |
| Edition: |
1st ed. 2018. |
| Imprint: |
New York, NY :
Birkhäuser,
2018
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| Physical Description: |
XXIII, 492 pages 71 illustrations, 14 illustrations in color (online resource) |
| Note: |
englisch |
| ISBN: |
9781493977086 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-1-4939-7708-6 |
| Series Title: |
Einstein Studies ;
14 |
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- Preface
- Part I Mathematical and Physical Underpinnings of Spacetimes
- Figures of Light in the Early History of Relativity (1905-1914)
- The Behaviour of Rods and Clocks in General Relativity and the Meaning of the Metric Field
- Hilbert on General Covariance and Causality
- Part II Testing General Relativity and Rival Theories
- Putting General Relativity to the Test: Twentieth Century Highlights and Twenty-First Century Prospects
- Rotating Hollow and Full Spheres: Einsein, Thirring, Lense, and Beyond
- Relativistic Lighthouses: The Role of the Binary Pulsar in Proving the Existence of Gravitational Waves
- The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force
- Part III Geometry and Cosmology, Past and Present
- Cyclic Models of the Relativistic Universe: The Early History
- Inflation and the Origins of Structure
- Problems with Modified Theories of Gravity, as Alternatives to Dark Energy
- The Unexpected Resurgence of Weyl Geometry in Late 20th-Century Physics
- Part IV Mathematical Motifs in General Relativity and Beyond
- Matter from Space
- The Surprising Resolution of the Poincarén Conjecture
- Unified Field Theory up to the 1960s: Its Development and Some Interactions Among Research Groups
- Part V Quantum Gravity, Conformal Boundaries, and String Theory
- The Formulation of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime
- Conformal Infinity - Development and Applications
- String Theory and Spacetime Geometry
- Conference Program.