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Einsteins Helfer in der Not. Marcel Grossmanns Beitrag zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie
No full textRezension von: Robert E. Kennedy, „A Student’s Guide to Einstein’s Major Papers“, Oxford University Press, 2012
No full textOn Einstein’s early interpretation of the cosmological constant
No full textWhen Einstein modified his gravitational
field equations by introducing
the cosmological constant, he did
so for cosmological reasons. But he
also tried to see whether the field
equations could be interpreted as
being constitutive for the existence
and structure of elementary particles.
This aspect motivated the investigation
of tracefree field equations
as yet another modification of the
original theory of general relativity
Otto Blumenthal über David Hilbert
Full text linkOtto Blumenthals Hommage an David Hilbert erschien
1922 in einem Heft der Naturwissenschaften, das dem 60.
Geburtstag des Göttinger Mathematikers gewidmet war
[1]. Blumenthal war der erste Doktorand Hilberts, managing
editor der von ihm herausgegebenen Mathematischen
Annalen und bestens mit seinem wissenschaftlichen Werk
vertraut. Mit dem Wiederabdruck von Blumenthals Beitrag
in diesem Heft der Mitteilungen ehrt die DMV nicht
nur Hilbert im Jahr seines 150. Geburtstags, sondern sie
erinnert damit auch an den 1944 in Theresienstadt ums
Leben gekommenen Blumenthal
Thinking about Space and Time: 100 Years of Applying and Interpreting General Relativity
No full textThis volume offers an integrated understanding of how the theory of general relativity gained momentum after Einstein had formulated it in 1915. Chapters focus on the early reception of the theory in physics and philosophy and on the systematic questions that emerged shortly after Einstein's momentous discovery. They are written by physicists, historians of science, and philosophers, and were originally presented at the conference titled Thinking About Space and Time: 100 Years of Applying and Interpreting General Relativity, held at the University of Bern from September 12-14, 2017. By establishing the historical context first, and then moving into more philosophical chapters, this volume will provide readers with a more complete understanding of early applications of general relativity (e.g., to cosmology) and of related philosophical issues. Because the chapters are often cross-disciplinary, they cover a wide variety of topics related to the general theory of relativity. These include:
Heuristics used in the discovery of general relativity
Mach's Principle
The structure of Einstein's theory
Cosmology and the Einstein world
Stability of cosmological models
The metaphysical nature of spacetime
The relationship between spacetime and dynamics
The Geodesic Principle
Symmetries
Thinking About Space and Time will be a valuable resource for historians of science and philosophers who seek a deeper knowledge of the (early and later) uses of general relativity, as well as for physicists and mathematicians interested in exploring the wider historical and philosophical context of Einstein's theory
Thinking about Space and Time: 100 Years of Applying and Interpreting General Relativity
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