Co-Sponsored by the Center for Einstein Studies

9:30 AM-12:30 PM

“No Success Like Failure...” Einstein's Quest for General Relativity 1907-1920
Michel Janssen History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, University of Minnesota

Background Independence: The Hole Story
John Stachel Center for Einstein Studies, Boston University

Powers of One: Einstein and Unimodular Invariance
Kaća Bradonjić Physics, Wellesley College

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Einstein, Hilbert, and the Search for Generally Covariant Field Equations
Katherine Brading Philosophy, University of Notre Dame

The Einstein Challenge for Differential Geometry: The Case of Weyl and Cartan
Erhard Scholz Mathematics & Natural Sciences, University of Wuppertal

Einstein and the Development of 20th Century Philosophy of Science
Don Howard Philosophy, University of Notre Dame