How Weyl stumbled across electricity while pursuing mathematical justice

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2008.06.003zbMath1228.83003arXiv0804.2947OpenAlexW2111547328MaRDI QIDQ652789

Alexander Afriat

Publication date: 17 December 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.2947

zbMATH Keywords

relativitygravitationunificationelectromagnetismgaugeWeyl

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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