Aesthetic Comparison of Einstein's and Whitehead's Theories of Gravity

This article addresses both philosophers of science and process philosophers. It shows that the acceptance of Einstein's general theory of relativity by British physicists in the early 1920s, and their rejection of Whitehead's experimentally indistinguishable theory of gravity, was a matte...

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Main Author: Desmet, Ronny 1959- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Process Studies [2016]
In: Process studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 33-46
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Einstein, Albert 1879-1955 / Relativity theory / Whitehead, Alfred North 1861-1947 / Gravitation theory / Aesthetics
RelBib Classification:TK Recent history
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B EINSTEIN, Albert, 1879-1955
B Gravitation
B philosophy of science
B Process Philosophy
B Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947
B Aesthetics
B General relativity (Physics)