- Title Pages
- Frontispiece
- Epigraph
- Foreword
- Preface
-
1 Introduction -
2 Einstein’s First Trip to America -
3 Structure and Contents of the Meaning of Relativity -
1 Physics and Geometry -
2 The Principles of General Relativity -
3 The First Solutions and the Challenge of Their Interpretation -
4 Einstein and the Astronomers -
5 The Genesis of Relativistic Cosmology -
6 The Controversy over Gravitational Waves -
7 Philosophical Debates on General Relativity -
8 The Quest for a Unified Field Theory -
9 Early Monographs on Relativity -
10 Beyond the Formative Years - Space and Time in Pre-relativity Physics
- The Theory of Special Relativity
- The General Theory of Relativity
- The General Theory of Relativity (Continued)
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Appendix For the Second Edition -
Appendix II Generalization of Gravitation Theory -
Appendix II Relativistic Theory of the Non-symmetric Field -
1 Introductory Remarks -
2 Einstein’s Lectures - Biographical Notes
- Index
The Controversy over Gravitational Waves
The Controversy over Gravitational Waves
- Chapter:
- (p.94) 6 The Controversy over Gravitational Waves
- Source:
- The Formative Years of Relativity
- Author(s):
Hanoch Gutfreund
Jürgen Renn
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
This chapter addresses one of the key themes of modern general relativity: gravitational waves. In 1916, Einstein performed the first relevant calculations, including a first derivation of the celebrated quadrupole formula, which contained a mistake that he corrected in 1918. The corrected formula became the basis for the long-term search and the first observational verification of these waves. These calculations provoked a discussion about the reality of these waves, which continued well into the 1950s and beyond. What is worth emphasizing is how Einstein's predominant interest in this phenomenon, which developed immediately after the completion of his general theory, had faded away completely by the time he delivered the Princeton lectures.
Keywords: gravitational waves, quadrupole formula, modern general relativity, gravitational field, gravitation, Albert Einstein
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- Title Pages
- Frontispiece
- Epigraph
- Foreword
- Preface
-
1 Introduction -
2 Einstein’s First Trip to America -
3 Structure and Contents of the Meaning of Relativity -
1 Physics and Geometry -
2 The Principles of General Relativity -
3 The First Solutions and the Challenge of Their Interpretation -
4 Einstein and the Astronomers -
5 The Genesis of Relativistic Cosmology -
6 The Controversy over Gravitational Waves -
7 Philosophical Debates on General Relativity -
8 The Quest for a Unified Field Theory -
9 Early Monographs on Relativity -
10 Beyond the Formative Years - Space and Time in Pre-relativity Physics
- The Theory of Special Relativity
- The General Theory of Relativity
- The General Theory of Relativity (Continued)
-
Appendix For the Second Edition -
Appendix II Generalization of Gravitation Theory -
Appendix II Relativistic Theory of the Non-symmetric Field -
1 Introductory Remarks -
2 Einstein’s Lectures - Biographical Notes
- Index
