The Genesis of General Relativity
This four-volume work represents the most comprehensive documentation and study of the creation of general relativity; one of the fundamental physical theories of the 20th century. It comprises key sources from Einstein and others who from the late 19th t
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BOSTON STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Editors ROBERT S. COHEN, Boston University JÜRGEN RENN, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science KOSTAS GAVROGLU, University of Athens
Editorial Advisory Board THOMAS F. GLICK, Boston University ADOLF GRÜNBAUM, University of Pittsburgh SYLVAN S. SCHWEBER, Brandeis University JOHN J. STACHEL, Boston University MARX W. WARTOFSKY†, (Editor 1960--1997)
VOLUME 250
The Genesis of General Relativity Edited by Jürgen Renn
Volume 1 EINSTEIN’S ZURICH NOTEBOOK: INTRODUCTION AND SOURCE Michel Janssen University of Minnesota, U.S.A.
John D. Norton University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
Jürgen Renn Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany
Tilman Sauer Einstein Papers Project, Caltech, U.S.A.
John Stachel Boston University, U.S.A. and
Assistant Editor Lindy Divarci Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13
1-4020-3999-9 (HB) 978-1-4020-3999-7 (HB) 1-4020-4000-8 (e-book) 978-1-4020-4000-9 (e-book)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 1
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Jürgen Renn
Introduction to Volumes 1 and 2: The Zurich Notebook and the Genesis of General Relativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Michel Janssen, John D. Norton, Jürgen Renn, Tilman Sauer, and John Stachel
Classical Physics in Disarray: The Emergence of the Riddle of Gravitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Jürgen Renn
The First Two Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 John Stachel
Pathways Out of Classical Physics: Einstein’s Double Strategy in his Search for the Gravitational Field Equation. . . . . .113 Jürgen Renn and Tilman Sauer
Einstein’s Zurich Notebook: Transcription and Facsimile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Volume 2 (parallel volume)
A Commentary on the Notes on Gravity in the Zurich Notebook . . . . . . .489 Michel Janssen, Jürgen Renn, Tilman Sauer, John D. Norton, and John Stachel
What Was Einstein’s “Fateful Prejudice”? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715 John D. Norton
What Did Einstein Know and When Did He Know It? A Besso Memo Dated August 1913 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
