Hermann Minkowski and the postulate of relativity

@article{Corry1997HermannMA,
  title={Hermann Minkowski and the postulate of relativity},
  author={Leo Corry},
  journal={Archive for History of Exact Sciences},
  year={1997},
  volume={51},
  pages={273-314},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:27016039}
}
  • L. Corry
  • Published 1 December 1997
  • Mathematics
  • Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Le mathematicien Minkowski (H.M.) a tenu un role important dans l'histoire des theories de la relativite d'Einstein en adaptant le langage et les equations mathematiques a la theorie de la pesanteur defendue par Einstein 
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