The mathematical form and physical content of unified field theories derived from a variational principle

The Einstein theory of general relativity reduces as a first approximation to the old Newtonian theory and provides a satisfactory amount of such small effects as the notion of the perihelion of Mercury and the gravitational deflection of light. The greatest triumph of the theory, however, is that t...

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Main Author: Cornish, F. H. J.
Published: University of Oxford 1954
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.729041