Beyond Einstein Perspectives on Geometry, Gravitation, and Cosmology in the Twentieth Century /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Rowe, David E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sauer, Tilman (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Walter, Scott A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Einstein Studies, 14
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; History.; Gravitation.; Quantum physics.; Differential geometry.; Philosophy and science.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Quantum Physics.; Differential Geometry.; Philosophy of Science.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.