RE: [asa] Scientific Mysteries

What was the contribution of David Hilbert to general relativity? I read
where Einstein was consulting Hilbert on what Hilbert was doing and, in
fact, Hilbert published the equations of general relativity before
Einstein did.

Moorad

From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of George Murphy
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:26 AM
To: George Cooper; asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: [asa] Scientific Mysteries

"Gravitation is just the universe trying to straighten itself out" (E.
Whittaker).

(Something of an inside joke. The gravitational Lagrangian in
Einstein's theory to be used in the principle of stationary action
[sometimes inaccurately called "least action"] is the curvature scalar
of space-time.)

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/

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        From: George Cooper <mailto:georgecooper@sbcglobal.net>

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        Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:53 AM

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        Oh, I almost forgot...

        Gravity, what is it?

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