On the history of unified field theories. II. (ca. 1930 -- ca. 1965)

DOI10.12942/LRR-2014-5zbMath1320.83003OpenAlexW2068541496WikidataQ37599187 ScholiaQ37599187MaRDI QIDQ2353450

Hubert F. M. Goenner

Publication date: 14 July 2015

Published in: Living Reviews in Relativity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.12942/lrr-2014-5

zbMATH Keywords

differential geometryscalar-tensor theoryhistory of scienceE. Schrödingerunified field theoryA. EinsteinA. LichnerowiczBorn-Infeld electromagnetic theoryM.-A. Tonnelat

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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