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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>On the gravitational field of a mass point according to Einstein's theory · HackerPapers discussions</title><link>https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/physics_9905030/</link><description>Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/physics_9905030/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>On the gravitational field of a mass point according to Einstein's theory — HN submission</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19645456</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:submission:physics_9905030:19645456</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 15:11:16 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Schwarzschild&amp;#x27;s original paper about black hole solution (1916)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. &lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/physics_9905030/"&gt;Paper and source history&lt;/a&gt;. A submission is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>physics.hist-ph</category></item><item><title>On the gravitational field of a mass point according to Einstein's theory — mentioned by carapace</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17623836</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:physics_9905030:17623836</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2018 06:12:59 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;https://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/9905030.pdf &amp;quot;On the Gravitational Field of a Mass Point according to Einstein’s Theory&amp;quot; by K. Schwarzschild, January 13th, 1916 (English translation) Black holes are fiction. The whole mess started with people misunderstanding Schwarzschild&amp;#x27;s paper. Yes, there&amp;#x27;s a singularity in the math, but you can avoid it by changing the origin. This is one of those cases where conventional &amp;quot;science&amp;quot; has been gummed up by human foibles. (And the concept is so damned romantic and compelling. And that movie! It was like the opposite of &amp;quot;Jaws&amp;quot; for sharks.) If you can&amp;#x27;t read the…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/physics_9905030/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>physics.hist-ph</category></item></channel></rss>
