The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context [1st ed.] 9783030507534, 9783030507541

This contributed volume explores the renaissance of general relativity after World War II, when it transformed from a ma

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The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context [1st ed.]
9783030507534, 9783030507541

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Alexander S. Blum
Roberto Lalli
Jürgen Renn

Table of contents :
Front Matter ....Pages i-x
The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context: A Historiographical Review (Alexander S. Blum, Roberto Lalli, Jürgen Renn)....Pages 1-14
The Socio-Epistemic Networks of General Relativity, 1925–1970 (Roberto Lalli, Riaz Howey, Dirk Wintergrün)....Pages 15-84
Patronage of Gravitational Physics and the Relativity Community in the USA (1949–1959) (Dean Rickles)....Pages 85-111
The Fock-Infeld Dispute: An Illustration of the Renaissance of General Relativity in the Soviet Union (Jean-Philippe Martinez)....Pages 113-139
Tokyo Wheeler or the Epistemic Preconditions of the Renaissance of Relativity (Alexander S. Blum, Dieter Brill)....Pages 141-187
Cosmological Constant Λ vs. Massive Gravitons: A Case Study in General Relativity Exceptionalism vs. Particle Physics Egalitarianism (J. Brian Pitts)....Pages 189-219
Toward a Quantum Theory of Gravity: Syracuse 1949–1962 (Donald Salisbury)....Pages 221-255
Closing in on the Cosmos: Cosmology’s Rebirth and the Rise of the Dark Matter Problem (Jaco de Swart)....Pages 257-284
Gravitational-Wave Research as an Emerging Field in the Max Planck Society: The Long Roots of GEO600 and of the Albert Einstein Institute (Luisa Bonolis, Juan-Andres Leon)....Pages 285-361
The Origins of Virgo and the Emergence of the International Gravitational Wave Community (Adele La Rana)....Pages 363-406