Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2012-04-16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
24 pages
Scientific paper
Between 1941 and 1962, scalar-tensor theories of gravitation were suggested four times by different scientists in four different countries. The earliest originator, the Swiss mathematician W. Scherrer, was virtually unknown until now whereas the chronologically latest pair gave their names to a multitude of publications on Brans-Dicke theory. P. Jordan, one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics theory, and Y. Thiry, a student of the mathematician A. Lichnerowicz, known by his book on celestial mechanics, complete the quartet. Diverse motivations for and conceptual interpretations of their theories will be discussed as well as relations among them. Also, external factors like language, citation habits, or closeness to the mainstream are considered. It will become clear why Brans-Dicke theory, although structurally a d\'ej\`a-vu, superseded all the other approaches.
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