EAN: 9783319546537

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNO...

This monograph presents a new perspective on the history of general relativity. It outlines the
attempts to establish an institutional framework for the promotion of the field during the Cold
War. Readers will learn the difficulties that key figures experienced and overcame during this
period of global conflict. The author analyzes the subtle interconnections between scientific
and political factors. He shows how politics shaped the evolution of general relativity  even
though it is a field with no military applications. He also details how different scientists
held quite different views about what political meant in their efforts to pursue international
cooperation. The narrative examines the specific epistemic features of general relativity that
helped create the first official  international scientific society. It answers: Why did
relativity bring about this unique result? Was it simply the product of specific actions of
particular actors having an illuminated view of international relations in the specific context
of the Cold War? Or  was there something in the nature of the field that inspired the actors to
pioneer new ways of international cooperation? The book will be of interest to historians of
modern science  historians of international relations  and historians of institutions. It will
also appeal to physicists and interested general readers.

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