On Birkhoff's and Einstein's relativity theory

Philosophy of Science 12 (2):116-119 (1945)
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The philosopher who is interested in developments of modern physics may turn with some profit to an argument that has recently evolved between the late George Birkhoff and Hermann Weyl. Birkhoff and his associates have constructed a theory of relativity differing in various ways from Einstein's general theory. Weyl has offered a critical analysis of the Birkhoff theory along with a defense of the Einstein theory; and Birkhoff has presented his rebuttal to Weyl.

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