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Albert Einstein's original theory of relativity manuscript goes on display for the first time
dailymail.co.uk ^
| March 9, 2010
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 03/09/2010 8:24:24 PM PST by 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.'
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: stringtheory
To: Free ThinkerNY
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03/09/2010 8:38:21 PM PST
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Sax
To: Free ThinkerNY
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds...
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03/09/2010 8:51:22 PM PST
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GSP.FAN
(These are the times that try men's souls.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
E = mc**2 is Special Theory, not General Theory. They ought to get someone with a modicum of scientific knowledge to write these articles.
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03/09/2010 9:24:16 PM PST
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bagman
To: 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 LOL. Or at the very least someone that could have looked up the info.
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03/09/2010 10:01:31 PM PST
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grey_whiskers
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To: grey_whiskers
I want to see the one on the photo-electric effect.
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03/09/2010 10:16:34 PM PST
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BenKenobi
(And into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.)
To: grey_whiskers; Free ThinkerNY
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03/09/2010 10:17:49 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: bagman
"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.
To: Free ThinkerNY
Einstein's 46-page handwritten explanation
I think I'll just read the CliffsNotes..
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03/10/2010 4:12:33 AM PST
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Hot Tabasco
(My boomerang won't come back)
To: Hot Tabasco
I think I'll just read the CliffsNotes.. That was the CliffNotes version.
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03/10/2010 10:36:08 AM PST
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Hot Tabasco
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03/10/2010 3:46:56 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Any of Mileva Marić's handwriting in there?
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03/10/2010 5:56:13 PM PST
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onedoug
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