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physics.hist-ph2015★ 2 cited
Background Independence, Diffeomorphism Invariance, and the Meaning of Coordinates
Oliver Pooley
Diffeomorphism invariance is sometimes taken to be a criterion of background independence. This claim is commonly accompanied by a second, that the genuine physical magnitudes (the…
physics.hist-ph2004★ 39 cited
Minkowski space-time: a glorious non-entity
Harvey R. Brown, Oliver Pooley
Einstein distinguished between ``principle'' and ``constructive'' theories in physics, and although he thought the latter were more explanatory than the former, he regarded his 190…
gr-qc1999
The origin of the spacetime metric: Bell's `Lorentzian pedagogy' and its significance in general relativity
Harvey R. Brown, Oliver Pooley
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the `Lorentzian pedagogy' defended by J.S. Bell in his essay ``How to teach special relativity'', and to explore its consistency with Einst…