Provides a new perspective on the history of general relativity

Examines the attempt to build an institutional framework for international scientific cooperation during the Cold War

Investigates the influence of political factors in the evolution of a scientific field

Klappentext

Provides a new perspective on the history of general relativity Examines the attempt to build an institutional framework for international scientific cooperation during the Cold War Investigates the influence of political factors in the evolution of a scientific field

Zusammenfassung

Provides a new perspective on the history of general relativity

Examines the attempt to build an institutional framework for international scientific cooperation during the Cold War

Investigates the influence of political factors in the evolution of a scientific field

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The broader context of international collaborations in the postwar period.- Chapter 3. An unspectacular starting point: the Jubilee conference in Bern.- Chapter 4. The establishment of a stable tradition: The international conferences on General Relativity and Gravitation.- Chapter 5. A new community on paper: The Bulletin on GRG.- Chapter 6. The rapid growth of the community: new opportunities, new threats.- Chapter 7. Crisis and resolution in the organization of the 1968 conference in Tbilisi.- Chapter 8. The establishment of the journal General Relativity and Gravitation.- Chapter 9. Toward the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation.- Chapter 10. Conclusions.