The Universe Of General Relativity

This volume from the Einstein Series is based largely on papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on the History of General Relativity, held in Amsterdam on June 26-29, 2002. These contributions from notable experts offer both new and historical insights on gravitation, general relativity, cosmology, unified field theory, and the history of science.Topics discussed include the prehistory of special relativity, early attempts at a relativistic theory of gravitation, the beginnings of general relativity, the problem of motion in the context of relativity, conservation laws, the axiomatization of relativity, classical and contemporary cosmology, gravitation and electromagnetism, quantum gravity, and relativity as seen through the eyes of the public and renowned relativists.Contributors: K. Brading; G. Gale; H.F.M. Goenner; J. Goldberg; S. Katzir; D. Kennefick; H. Kragh; C. Lehner; U. Majer; J. Mattingly; E.T. Newman; J.D. Norton; J. Renn; R. Rynasiewicz; J.M. Sánchez-Ron; T. Sauer; C. Smeenk; J. Stachel; M. Wazeck; and D. Wünsch.

Preface

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Fresnel's (Dragging) Coefficient as a Challenge to 19th Century Optics of Moving Bodies

1

(14)

John Stachel

Poincare's Relativistic Theory of Gravitation

15

(24)

Shaul Katzir

Standing on the Shoulders of a Dwarf: General Relativity---A Triumph of Einstein and Grossmann's Erroneous Entwurf Theory

39

(14)

Jurgen Renn

Before the Riemann Tensor: The Emergence of Einstein's Double Strategy

53

(14)

Jurgen Renn

A Conjecture on Einstein, the Independent Reality of Spacetime Coordinate Systems and the Disaster of 1913

67

(36)

John D. Norton

Einstein and the Principle of General Relativity, 1916--1921

103

(6)

Christoph Lehner

Einstein and the Problem of Motion: A Small Clue

109

(16)

Daniel Kennefick

A Note on General Relativity, Energy Conservation, and Noether's Theorems

125

(12)

Katherine Brading

Weyl vs. Reichenbach on Lichtgeometrie

137

(20)

Robert Rynasiewicz

Dingle and de Sitter Against the Metaphysicians, or Two Ways to Keep Modern Cosmology Physical

157

(18)

George Gale

George Gamow and the `Factual Approach' to Relativistic Cosmology

175

(14)

Helge Kragh

George McVittie, The Uncompromising Empiricist

189

(34)

Jose M. Sanchez-Ron

False Vacuum: Early Universe Cosmology and the Development of Inflation

223

(36)

Chris Smeenk

Hilbert's ``World Equations'' and His Vision of a Unified Science

259

(18)

U. Majer

T. Sauer

Einstein, Kaluza, and the Fifth Dimension

277

(26)

Daniela Wunsch

Unified Field Theory: Early History and Interplay Between Mathematics and Physics

303

(24)

Hubert F. M. Goenner

Is Quantum Gravity Necessary?

327

(12)

James Mattingly

Einstein in the Daily Press: A Glimpse into the Gehrcke Papers

339

(18)

Milena Wazeck

Syracuse: 1949--1952

357

(16)

Joshua Goldberg

A Biased and Personal Description of GR at Syracuse University, 1951--1961

373

E. T. Newman

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