Subtle is the Lord by Abraham Pais

Author:Abraham Pais
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0192806726
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014-04-03T10:11:03+00:00

I refer the reader to Wilkinson’s paper for further remarks on the technological and sociological aspects of modern relativity experiments. For a summary of the present status of the experimental verification of general relativity (excluding cosmology), the reader should consult the report by Irwin Shapiro wherein it will be found that, within the errors, all is well with the red shift (both astronomically and terrestrially), with the bending of light, with the precession of the perihelia of Mercury and other bodies, and also with the modern refined tests of the equivalence principle [S6]. In another modern review, the current situation is summarized as follows:

So far [general relativity] has withstood every confrontation, but new confrontations, in new arenas, are on the horizon. Whether general relativity survives is a matter of speculation for some, pious hope for some, and supreme confidence for others. [W8]

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