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Albert Einstein's 1916 Review Article on General Relativity

Tilman Sauer

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Abstract

The first comprehensive overview of the final version of the general theory of relativity was published by Einstein in 1916 after several expositions of preliminary versions and latest revisions of the theory in November 1915. A historical account of this review paper is given, of its prehistory, including a discussion of Einstein's collaboration with Marcel Grossmann, and of its immediate reception.

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physics.hist-phHistory and Philosophy of Physics gr-qcGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

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  1. Newton's law of gravity passes its biggest test 1 comment

    • Dude, if you genuinely want to know what happened, you should read some proper history of science. Here take this: https://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0405066 It shows both how Einstein very much didn't make the theory alone, was inspired to take impotat technical steps by work of…

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