With the development of the theory of relativity by Albert Einstein, physics underwent a revolution at the end of the 19th century. The boundaries of research were extended still further when in 1907-8 Minkowski applied geometrical ideas to this area of physics. This in turn opened the door to other researchers seeking to use non-Euclidean geometrical methods in relativity, and many notable mathematicians did so, Weyl in particular linking these ideas with broader philosophicalissues in mathematics. The Symbolic Universe gives an overview of this exciting era, giving a full account for the first time of Minkowskis geometric reformulation of the theory of special relativity.
PART I; Introduction; Geometrizing configurations. Heinrich Hertz and his mathematical precursors; Einstein, Poincaré, and the testability of geometry; Geometry-formalisms and intuitions; PART II; Introduction; The non-Euclidean style of Minkowskian relativity; Geometries in collision:: Einstein, Klein and Riemann; Hilbert and physics (1900-1915); The Göttingen response to general relativity and Emmy Noethers theorems; PART III; Introduction; Ricci and Levi-Civita:: from differential invariants to general relativity; Weyl and the theory of connections;
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