Roberto Lalli

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Building the General Relativity and Gravitation Community During the Cold War (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

Provides a new perspective on the history of general relativity

Examines the attempt to build an institutional framework for international scientific cooperation during the Cold War

Investigates the influence of political factors in the evolution of a scientific field

Technische Details

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• Größe: 2.48MB

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319546544
• Artikelnr.: 53061198

Rezensionen

"This book represents an important contribution to the history of General Relativity and Gravitation (GRG) studies. Scholars with an interest in the physical sciences will undoubtedly want to explore it in depth, especially since the volume pivots on a provocative argument. ... this book admirably shows how the post-war definition of community-building activities helped relativity experts to find ways to share ideas and formulate new research questions." (Simone Turchetti, Metascience, Vol. 29, 2020)
"Lalli details the discussions and arguments in the highly charged political atmosphere clearly and fairly. ... This book is not only interesting for its detailed history of the formation of an important international organization, but it is a useful history of the historical time. The interplay between the Western and Eastern scientists exhibits the political struggle to remain civil while accepting the needs and desires of each. This struggle and civility is clearly presented." (J. N. Goldberg, General Relativity and Gravitation, November 13, 2018)

"By mobilizing a fascinating amount of archive materials, a detailed knowledge of the field, and providing many important and far-reaching insights, Lalli's book is a helpful introduction to the complex field of the institutionalizing of science during that era of the Cold War." (Adam Tamas Tuboly, International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 58 (04), 2018)