Einstein's redshift derivations: its history from 1907 to 1921
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Resumo: | Einstein's gravitational redshift derivation in his famous 1916 paper on general relativity seems to be problematic, being mired in what looks like conceptual difficulties or at least contradictions or gaps in his exposition. Was this derivation a blunder? To answer this question, we will consider Einstein’s redshift derivations from his first one in 1907 to the 1921 derivation made in his Princeton lectures on relativity. This will enable to see the unfolding of an interdependent network of concepts and heuristic derivations in which previous ideas inform and condition later developments. The resulting derivations and views on coordinates and clocks are in fact not without inconsistencies. However, we can see these difficulties as an aspect of an evolving network understood as a “work in progress”. |
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Einstein's redshift derivations: its history from 1907 to 1921Gravitational redshiftEinsteinHistory of general relativityEinstein's gravitational redshift derivation in his famous 1916 paper on general relativity seems to be problematic, being mired in what looks like conceptual difficulties or at least contradictions or gaps in his exposition. Was this derivation a blunder? To answer this question, we will consider Einstein’s redshift derivations from his first one in 1907 to the 1921 derivation made in his Princeton lectures on relativity. This will enable to see the unfolding of an interdependent network of concepts and heuristic derivations in which previous ideas inform and condition later developments. The resulting derivations and views on coordinates and clocks are in fact not without inconsistencies. However, we can see these difficulties as an aspect of an evolving network understood as a “work in progress”.Centro Simão Mathias de Estudos em História da Ciência2018-12-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionHistorical Inquiryapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/article/view/3643710.23925/1980-7651.2018v22;1-16Circumscribere International Journal for the History of Science; Vol. 22 (2018); 1-16Circumscribere International Journal for the History of Science; v. 22 (2018); 1-161980-7651reponame:Circumscribereinstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)instacron:PUC_SPenghttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/article/view/36437/27173Copyright (c) 2018 Circumscribere: International Journal for the History of Scienceinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBacelar Valente, Mário2018-12-11T13:36:46Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/36437Revistahttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhcPRIhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/oai||circumhc@pucsp.br1980-76511980-7651opendoar:2018-12-11T13:36:46Circumscribere - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)false |
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Einstein's redshift derivations: its history from 1907 to 1921 |
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Einstein's redshift derivations: its history from 1907 to 1921 Bacelar Valente, Mário Gravitational redshift Einstein History of general relativity |
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Bacelar Valente, Mário |
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Gravitational redshift Einstein History of general relativity |
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Einstein's gravitational redshift derivation in his famous 1916 paper on general relativity seems to be problematic, being mired in what looks like conceptual difficulties or at least contradictions or gaps in his exposition. Was this derivation a blunder? To answer this question, we will consider Einstein’s redshift derivations from his first one in 1907 to the 1921 derivation made in his Princeton lectures on relativity. This will enable to see the unfolding of an interdependent network of concepts and heuristic derivations in which previous ideas inform and condition later developments. The resulting derivations and views on coordinates and clocks are in fact not without inconsistencies. However, we can see these difficulties as an aspect of an evolving network understood as a “work in progress”. |
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