Two miracles of general relativity

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2018.03.001zbMath1402.83025OpenAlexW2800000697MaRDI QIDQ1626477

Dennis Lehmkuhl, Harvey R. Brown, James Read

Publication date: 27 November 2018

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/14589/1/Two_miracles_of_relativity_v13.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

general relativityequivalence principleminimal couplingdynamical perspective

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Special relativity (83A05) Physics (00A79)

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