Einstein, Nordström and the early demise of scalar, Lorentz-covariant theories of gravitation
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Publication:1205987
DOI10.1007/BF00375886zbMath0768.01011OpenAlexW2521030324WikidataQ57256763 ScholiaQ57256763MaRDI QIDQ1205987
Publication date: 1 April 1993
Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00375886
History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)
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