Einstein, Meyerson and the Role of Mathematics in Physical Discovery

DOI10.1093/bjps/31.1.1zbMath0432.01005OpenAlexW1967524866MaRDI QIDQ3869304

E. G. Zahar

Publication date: 1980

Published in: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/31.1.1

zbMATH Keywords

Einsteinmathematics in physical discoveryMeyerson

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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