This monograph presents a new perspective on the history of general relativity. It outlines the attempts to establish an institutional framework for the promoti

This contributed volume explores the renaissance of general relativity after World War II, when it transformed from a marginal theory into a cornerstone of mode

This book sheds new light on the biographical approach in the history of physics by including the biographies of scientific objects, institutions, and concepts.

This book, dedicated to Roger Penrose, is a second, mathematically oriented course in general relativity. It contains extensive references and occasional excurs

The problem of quantum gravity is often viewed as the most pressing unresolved problem of modern physics: our theories of spacetime and matter, described respec