The Role of Gravitation in Physics: Report from the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference

• Main Author: Cécile M. DeWitt (ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Dean Rickles (ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Edition Open Access 2011
• Series: Sources 5: Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge
• Subjects: gravitation; theory of relativty; physics; quantum theory; MPRL; Edition Open Access; history of science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...