Lehmkuhl, Dennis (2013) Why Einstein did not believe that General Relativity geometrizes gravity. [Preprint]
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Abstract
I argue that, contrary to folklore, Einstein never really cared for geometrizing the gravitational or (subsequently) the electromagnetic field; indeed, he thought that the very statement that General Relativity geometrizes gravity "is not saying anything at all". Instead, I shall show that Einstein saw the "unification" of inertia and gravity as one of the major achievements of General Relativity. Interestingly, Einstein did not locate this unification in the field equations but in his interpretation of the geodesic equation, the law of motion of test particles.
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| Keywords: | General Relativity, Einstein, Geometrization, Unification, Inertia, Gravity, Geodesic Equation, Meyerson |
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
| Depositing User: | Dennis Lehmkuhl |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jun 2013 14:53 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jun 2013 14:53 |
| Item ID: | 9825 |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9825 |
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