Da Gauss a Einstein
History and Philosophy of Physics
2012-09-13 v1
Abstract
The present short essay, of essentially historical nature, aims at describing the transition from the Euclidean-Newtonian space-time geometry of Classical Physics to the Pseudoriemannian geometry of General Relativity, including the Minkowskian geometry of Special Relativity as an intermediate step.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1209.2538,
title = {Da Gauss a Einstein},
author = {C. Lo Surdo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.2538},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
27 pages, no figures, in Italian