Einstein's ‘Zürich Notebook’ and his journey to general relativity

DOI10.1002/andp.201110467zbMath1220.83004arXiv1106.0900OpenAlexW3104628006MaRDI QIDQ3015377

Norbert Straumann

Publication date: 13 July 2011

Published in: Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.0900

zbMATH Keywords

gravitational field equationsgeneral covariancehistory of general relativityEinstein-Fokker theoryEinstein-Grossmann theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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• Einstein's impact on the physics of the twentieth century
• `Nature is the realisation of the simplest conceivable mathematical ideas': Einstein and the canon of mathematical simplicity
• Einstein, Nordström and the early demise of scalar, Lorentz-covariant theories of gravitation
• Local and global light bending in Einstein's and other gravitational theories
• From primordial quantum fluctuations to the anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background radiation

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