Some remarks on the genesis of scalar-tensor theories

DOI10.1007/S10714-012-1378-8MaRDI QIDQ1759345zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Hubert Goenner

Publication date 20 November 2012

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.3455

zbMATH Keywords

cosmologyhistory of physicsalternative theories of gravitation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

Abstract: Between 1941 and 1962, scalar-tensor theories of gravitation were suggested four times by different scientists in four different countries. The earliest originator, the Swiss mathematician W. Scherrer, was virtually unknown until now whereas the chronologically latest pair gave their names to a multitude of publications on Brans-Dicke theory. P. Jordan, one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics theory, and Y. Thiry, a student of the mathematician A. Lichnerowicz, known by his book on celestial mechanics, complete the quartet. Diverse motivations for and conceptual interpretations of their theories will be discussed as well as relations among them. Also, external factors like language, citation habits, or closeness to the mainstream are considered. It will become clear why Brans-Dicke theory, although structurally a d'ej`a-vu, superseded all the other approaches.

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