Mach's Principle
History and Philosophy of Physics
2008-04-01 v2 Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
General Physics
Abstract
We briefly review the history of Mach's principle and discuss its significance in the light of modern physics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0407078,
title = {Mach's Principle},
author = {Herbert Lichtenegger and Bahram Mashhoon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0407078},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
20 pages; v2: improved version published as the second chapter of The Measurement of Gravitomagnetism: A Challenging Enterprise, edited by L. Iorio (Nova Science, New York, 2007), pp. 13-25