Belated Decision in the Hilbert-Einstein Priority Dispute

DOI10.1126/science.278.5341.1270zbMath1226.83001OpenAlexW1963820371WikidataQ30049243 ScholiaQ30049243MaRDI QIDQ3101358

John Stachel, Jürgen Renn, Leo Corry

Publication date: 28 November 2011

Published in: Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.278.5341.1270

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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