Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Review Article
  • Published:

Development of general relativity

Abstract

This article is based on an invited talk given at the 1974 annual meeting of the American Physical Society in Chicago on the occasion of the award of the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, February 5, 1974. (The substance of this lecture has been published for private circulation in the Summer 1974 issue of The University of Chicago Magazine.)

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Rent or buy this article

Prices vary by article type

from$1.95

to$39.95

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Dyson, F. J., Physics Today, 21 (June 1965).

  2. The Born-Einstein Letters, 125, 201 (Macmillan, London, 1971).

  3. Trautman, A., Bull. Acad. Polon. Sci., 6, 627 (1958).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Chandrasekhar, S., Astrophys. J., 160, 153 (1970).

    Article  ADS  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  5. Bondi, H., van der Burg, M. G. J., and Metzner, A. W. K., Proc. R. Soc., 269, 21 (1962).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Sachs, R. K., Proc. R. Soc., 270, 103 (1962).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. Schwarzschild, K., Berliner Sitzungsber, 189 (1916).

  8. Eddington, A. S., Observatory, 39, 336 (1916).

    Google Scholar 

  9. Schwarzschild, K., Berliner Sitzungsber, 548 (1916).

  10. Schwarzschild, K., Berliner Sitzungsber., 424 (1916).

  11. Darwin, C. G., Proc. R. Soc., 249, 180 (1958); ibid, 263 39 (1961).

    MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  12. Chandrasekhar, S., Astrophys. J., 74, 81 (1931); Man. Not. R. astr. Soc., 91, 456 (1931); Z. Astrophys., 5, 321 (1932).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. Chandrasekhar, S., Observatory, 57, 373 (1934).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  14. Eddington, A. S., Observatory, 58, 37 (1935).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Chandrasekhar, S. Development of general relativity. Nature 252, 15–17 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252015a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/252015a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing