Testing Einstein - One Hundred Years of Experimental Relativity

A collection that confronts the reality of experimental gravity, which is different from the conventional--and overly simplistic--understanding. Investigating just over a century of experimental relativity, the individual essays in this volume place the process of experimental relativity within its historical contexts as an interdisciplinary endeavor. Ever since Newton and Einstein introduced their respective theories of gravity, the field has been associated with experimental tests of fundamental theories. The scholars in this volume edited by Brian Odom and Daniel Kennefick shine a light on the complex iterative exchange between theory and experiment, and how even one of the most enigmatic and esoteric fields of intellectual pursuit remains weighed down by earthly constraints, including political, social, cultural, and philosophical factors.

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• Authors: Peter Galison, Daniel Kennefick, Brian C Odom, Brian C. Odom
• Assisted by: Kennefick Daniel (Editor), Brian C. Odom (Editor), Galison Peter (Foreword)
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 09.06.2026
• EAN: 9780262553643
• ISBN: 978-0-262-55364-3
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology
• Subjects: SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity, SCIENCE / Experiments & Projects, History of Science, Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques, Relativity physics, Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques