Varying gravity. Dirac's legacy in cosmology and geophysics

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-24379-5zbMATH Open1344.83007OpenAlexW4246261335MaRDI QIDQ501093FDOQ501093

Authors: Helge Kragh 

Publication date: 8 October 2015

Published in: Science Networks. Historical Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24379-5

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zbMATH Keywords

geophysicsJordan-Brans-Dicke theoryplate tectonicsrelativistic cosmologyvarying garavitational ``constant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40) History of geophysics (86-03) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03) General questions in geophysics (86A04)

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