...This chapter traces the history of the development of ideas on the large-scale structure of the universe. Modern discussions of the nature of the large-scale matter distribution can be traced back to three central ideas. In 1917, Albert Einstein argued that a closed homogeneous world model fits...

... invariance Albert Einstein The   first chapter  of The Meaning of Relativity begins with epistemological remarks about space and time. Einstein developed his views on geometry in close relation with his...

... covariance Albert Einstein What did Einstein want to achieve when he embarked on his intellectual journey toward a theory of general relativity, and what did he actually achieve? He clearly wanted to generalize the principle of relativity to apply to any type of motion. In his...

... Richard Chace universe Friedmann Alexander general relativity Big Bang gravitational field equations field equations Karl Schwarzschild Johannes Droste Willem de Sitter Alexander Friedmann Hans Reissner Gunnar Nordström Georges Lemaître Albert Einstein When Einstein published...

... black holes, a signal that confirmed ripples in the spacetime structure of the universe and the existence of black holes, which were first speculated about more than a century ago. ³⁵ 1. Albert Einstein , et. al. “Diskussion,” Physikalische Zeitschrift 14 (1913):1262...

...MPIWG Library Erich Mendelsohn: Sketches for the design of the Einstein tower, 1918. bpk / Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin This section discusses the story of how Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity evolved into a full-fledged theory. Einstein's manuscript, “The Foundation...

...First published in 1922 and based on lectures delivered in May 1921, Albert Einstein's The Meaning of Relativity offered an overview and explanation of the then new and controversial theory of relativity. The work would go on to become a monumental classic, printed in numerous...

...This introductory chapter provides a brief background into the development of Albert Einstein's special and general theories of relativity. As a characteristic stage in the development of the theory, the chapter focuses on the formative years which have, remarkably, received less attention from...

... Bern conference Chapel Hill conference quasars Royaumont conference Thorne Kip formative years marginalization general relativity quantum theory Albert Einstein The commentaries in this book cover the early years of general relativity, when its epistemic status...

... general relativity principle gravity gravitational field rotating disk mathematical formulation Albert Einstein ...

...This richly annotated facsimile edition of “The Foundation of General Relativity” introduces a new generation of readers to Albert Einstein's theory of gravitation. Written in 1915, this remarkable document is a watershed in the history of physics and an enduring testament to the elegance...

... Fleck Ludwig Gestalt psychology Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Meyerson Émile Piaget Jean Wertheimer Max philosophical debates philosophical investigations conceptual foundations special relativity Moritz Schlick Ernst Cassirer Hans Reichenbach general relativity Albert Einstein...

... Solovine Maurice Kaufman Brurya Methuen Verlag electrodynamics epistemology Riemann Bernhard field concept continuum general relativity formative years unified field theory unifying theory constitution of matter Generalization of Gravitation theory non-symmetric metric Albert Einstein...

... Karl Weinmann Rudolf Goenner Hubert Lenard Philipp Weimar Republic general relativity relativity textbooks relativity literature anti-relativity literature relativity monographs relativity scholarship formative years social dynamics Albert Einstein In the   previous chapters...

... compressible fluid electron heuristics Maxwell’s equations theory Minkowski Hermann space time pre-relativity physics physics geometry tensor calculus tensor formulation symmetry of space Albert Einstein ...

... by Professor Edwin Adams. His summaries were published the following day in the New York Evening Post. They accompany the German texts in the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. A press report in the Daily Princetonian on Einstein’s first lecture reads: Dr. Einstein delivered...

... United States Hebrew University American universities Chaim Weizmann theory of relativity special relativity general relativity Albert Einstein Einstein became famous after the confirmation of his prediction of the bending of light from distant stars by the gravitational...

... heuristics Mach Ernst Mercury’s perihelion motion Schwarzschild Karl de Sitter Willem spectral lines universe The Meaning of Relativity formative years general relativity relativity lectures physics special relativity Albert Einstein It has already been mentioned that this book...

... field theory universe Michelson Albert Institute for Advanced Study Princeton astronomy observational consequences Erwin Freundlich Arthur Eddington redshift gravitational light bending expanding universe general relativity experimental consequences Albert Einstein After...

... restrictions on the choice of coordinates. Hilbert and Einstein—who got there first? The end? The show must go on! This section discusses the development of Albert Einstein's ideas and attitudes as he struggled for eight years to come up with a general theory of relativity that would meet the physical...