Some time ago I published a small piece * dealing with a charming
little essay on 'the state of ether in magnetic fields', which the
sixteen-year-old Einstein had written while he was awaiting
admission to the E. T. H. in Zurich. This paper sought to trace the
continuity between Einstein's early interest in electrodynamics and
his later work on the special and general relativity theories. On
reading this paper, Professor Eugene Wigner asked me whether David
Hilbert had not independently discovered the field equations of
gravitation. ** His impression from his stay in Gottingen (where
Wigner had been Hilbert's assistant for one year in the late
nineteen-twenties) was that Hilbert had indeed done so, and he
asked me if it was true. I replied to Professor Wigner about
Hilbert's contribution to the theory of gravitation. t He kindly
encouraged me to expand my account to deal with the intricate and
exciting details of the early years in the formulation of the
general relativity theory of gravitation. This is what I have
sought to do in this study. Albert Einstein created the general
relativity theory of gravitation and dominated its development
through the rest of his life. His early work on the theory of
gravitation, from 1912 to 1916, had the drama of high adventure. It
culminated in the establishment of its foundations which have
remained unassailed by the theoretical and experimental work of
succeeding decades.
General
Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic Publishers
|
Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
Release date: |
November 1974 |
First published: |
1974 |
Authors: |
Jagdish Mehra
|
Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 5mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
96 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1974 |
ISBN-13: |
978-90-277-0440-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Physics >
General
|
LSN: |
90-277-0440-6 |
Barcode: |
9789027704405 |
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