Why Einstein did not believe that general relativity geometrizes gravity

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2013.08.002zbMath1315.83007OpenAlexW1983356037MaRDI QIDQ2351912

Dennis Lehmkuhl

Publication date: 26 June 2015

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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2013.08.002

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Physics (00A79)

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