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Einstein, Hilbert, and the Theory of Gravitation
Jagdish Mehra
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Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 180.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027704405
SKU
V9789027704405
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