The Universe of General Relativity
This volume from the Einstein Studies 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 an
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John Stachel
Published under the sponsorship of the Center for Einstein Studies, Boston University
Volume 1:
Einstein and the History of General Relativity Don Howard and John Stachel, editors
Volume 2:
Conceptual Problems of Quantum Gravity Abhay Ashtekar and John Stachel, editors
Volume 3:
Studies in the History of General Relativity Jean Eisenstaedt and A.J. Kox, editors
Volume 4:
Recent Advances in General Relativity Allen I. Janis and John R. Porter, editors
Volume 5:
The Attraction of Gravitation: New Studies in the History of General Relativity John Earman, Michel Janssen and John D. Norton, editors
Volume 6:
Mach’s Principle: From Newton’s Bucket to Quantum Gravity Julian B. Barbour and Herbert Pfister, editors
Volume 7:
The Expanding Worlds of General Relativity Hubert Goenner, Jürgen Renn, Jim Ritter, and Tilman Sauer, editors
Volume 8:
Einstein: The Formative Years, 1879–1909 Don Howard and John Stachel, editors
Volume 9:
Einstein from ‘B’ to ‘Z’ John Stachel
Volume 10:
Einstein Studies in Russia Yuri Balashov and Vladimir Vizgin, editors
Volume 11:
The Universe of General Relativity A.J. Kox and Jean Eisenstaedt, editors
A.J. Kox Editors
Jean Eisenstaedt
The Universe of General Relativity
Birkh¨auser Boston • Basel • Berlin
A.J. Kox Universiteit van Amsterdam Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica Valckenierstraat 65 1018 XE Amsterdam The Netherlands
Jean Eisenstaedt Observatoire de Paris SYRTE/UMR8630–CNRS F-75014 Paris Cedex France
AMS Subject Classification (2000): 01A60, 83-03, 83-06 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The universe of general relativity / A.J. Kox, editors, Jean Eisenstaedt. p. cm. – (Einstein studies ; v. 11) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-13 978-0-8176-4380-5 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8176-4380-X (alk. paper) 1. Relativity (Physics)–History–Congresses. 2. General relativity (Physics)–History–Congresses. 3. Gravitation–History–Congresses. 4. Cosmology–History–Congresses. 5. Unified field theories–History–Congresses. 6. Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. I. Kox, Anne J., 1948- II. Eisenstaedt, Jean III. Series. QC173.5.U55 2005 530.11–dc22
ISBN-10 0-8176-4380-X ISBN-13 978-0-8176-4380-5
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