Albert Einstein's original theory of relativity manuscript goes on display for the first time

dailymail.co.uk ^ | March 9, 2010 | Daily Mail Reporter

[Free ThinkerNY]

The original manuscript of Albert Einstein's groundbreaking theory of relativity has gone on display in its entirety for the first time.

Einstein's 46-page handwritten explanation of his general theory of relativity is being shown at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem as part of its 50th anniversary celebration.

In the manuscript, which helps explain everything from black holes to the Big Bang and contains the famous equation of E=MC², Einstein demonstrates an expanding universe and shows how gravity can bend space and time.

The academy's president Menahem Yaari said: 'We wanted something unique that would have global significance, and fortunately we could have access to a manuscript that has never been seen in its entirety before.'

First published in 1916, the general theory of relativity remains a pivotal breakthrough in modern physics.

Hanoch Gutfreund, former president of the Hebrew University and chair of its academic committee for the Albert Einstein Archives said: 'It changed our understanding of space, time, gravitation, and really the entire universe.

'I refer to it as the Magna Carta of physics. It's the most important manuscript in the entire archives.'

[Sax]

[GSP.FAN]

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds...

[bagman]

E = mc**2 is Special Theory, not General Theory. They ought to get someone with a modicum of scientific knowledge to write these articles.

[Lazarus Starr]

E = mc**2 is Special Theory, not General Theory. They ought to get someone with a modicum of scientific knowledge to write these articles LOL. Or at the very least someone that could have looked up the info.

[grey_whiskers]

Like, *PING*, folks.

Cheers!

[BenKenobi]

I want to see the one on the photo-electric effect.

[JoeProBono]

[Wonder Warthog]

"They ought to get someone with a modicum of scientific knowledge to write these articles."

Unlikely. We're talking "journalism majors" here. The only college population dumber that j-school majors are education majors.

[Hot Tabasco]

Einstein's 46-page handwritten explanation

I think I'll just read the CliffsNotes..

[AFreeBird]

I think I'll just read the CliffsNotes..

That was the CliffNotes version.

[Hot Tabasco]

That was the CliffNotes version.

CliffNotes

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks grey_whiskers.

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[onedoug]

Any of Mileva Marić's handwriting in there?