Mach's Principle: From Newton's Bucket to Quantum GravityJulian B. Barbour, Herbert Pfister This volume is a collection of scholarly articles on the Mach Principle, the impact that this theory has had since the end of the 19th century, and its role in helping Einstein formulate the doctrine of general relativity. 20th-century physics is concerned with the concepts of time, space, motion, inertia and gravity. The documentation on all of these makes this book a reference for those who are interested in the history of science and the theory of general relativity |
Contents
III | 1 |
IV | 6 |
V | 9 |
VI | 58 |
VII | 67 |
VIII | 91 |
IX | 107 |
X | 109 |
XXIX | 308 |
XXX | 309 |
XXXI | 312 |
XXXII | 315 |
XXXIII | 332 |
XXXIV | 339 |
XXXV | 347 |
XXXVII | 353 |
Common terms and phrases
1995 Birkhäuser Boston absolute space acceleration angular momentum angular velocity Astronomical Barbour Bertotti black hole bodies boundary conditions Bucket to Quantum Cauchy surface centrifugal forces Ciufolini classical configuration constant constraints cosmic cosmological covariant defined degrees of freedom derivative determined discussion disk distance dragging effects dynamical earth Ehlers Einstein Studies electrodynamics electromagnetic Equivalence Principle experiment field equations field theory Föppl formulation Friedlaender function geometrodynamics geometry Goenner gravitational field gravitomagnetic Green's function gyroscope inertial frames inertial mass interaction Isenberg Kuchař LAGEOS law of inertia Lense-Thirring Lorentz invariance Mach Mach's Principle Machian Machian effects mass shell matter measure mechanics Minkowski Narlikar Newton's Bucket Newtonian Nordtvedt observations orbit parameters particle Pfister Planck particles potential precession problem quantization Quantum Gravity question reference Reissner relative motion relativistic result rotating scalar solution spacetime spatial structure symmetry tensor Theory of Gravitation theory of relativity universe variation vector Wheeler Wheeler-DeWitt equation