The Role of Gravitation in Physics: Report from the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference
In January 1957, a group of physicists from several countries met at the University of North Carolina to discuss the role of gravitation in physics. The program was divided into two broad sections: unquantized and quantized general relativity. The first section included a review of classical relativ...
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| author | Cécile M. DeWitt (ed.) Dean Rickles (ed.) |
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| description | In January 1957, a group of physicists from several countries met at the University of North Carolina to discuss the role of gravitation in physics. The program was divided into two broad sections: unquantized and quantized general relativity. The first section included a review of classical relativity, its experimental tests, the initial value problem, gravitational radiation, equations of motion, and unified field theory. The second section included a discussion of the motivation for quantization, the problem of measurement, and the actual techniques for quantization. In both sections the relationship of general relativity to fundamental particles was discussed. In addition there was a session devoted to cosmological questions. A large part of the discussions is reproduced in the present report in an abridged form, followed by a conference summary statement by P. G. Bergmann. The Chapel Hill conference also marked the establishment of the Institute of Field Physics, directed by Bryce and Cécile DeWitt. The conference was the inaugural conference of this institute. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-585822022-01-31T13:08:19Z The Role of Gravitation in Physics: Report from the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference Cécile M. DeWitt (ed.) Dean Rickles (ed.) gravitation theory of relativty physics quantum theory MPRL Edition Open Access history of science In January 1957, a group of physicists from several countries met at the University of North Carolina to discuss the role of gravitation in physics. The program was divided into two broad sections: unquantized and quantized general relativity. The first section included a review of classical relativity, its experimental tests, the initial value problem, gravitational radiation, equations of motion, and unified field theory. The second section included a discussion of the motivation for quantization, the problem of measurement, and the actual techniques for quantization. In both sections the relationship of general relativity to fundamental particles was discussed. In addition there was a session devoted to cosmological questions. A large part of the discussions is reproduced in the present report in an abridged form, followed by a conference summary statement by P. G. Bergmann. The Chapel Hill conference also marked the establishment of the Institute of Field Physics, directed by Bryce and Cécile DeWitt. The conference was the inaugural conference of this institute. 2021-02-12T02:27:38Z 2021-02-12T02:27:38Z 2017-03-07 12:49:35 2011 book 20558 9783869319636 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/58582 eng Sources 5: Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge application/octet-stream Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International http://www.epubli.de/shop/buch/6296 http://www.edition-open-sources.org/sources/5/index.html Edition Open Access Edition Open Access Max Planck Institute for the History of Science e3b46e08-88ff-4b35-af47-e887b8f3d8bb 8c5ae72b-6905-4a90-a8a3-a53e6fece2af 9783869319636 298 open access |
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