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> They laughed at Einstein but they also laughed at Bozo the Clown Off topic, but I don't think they laughed at Einstein. Special and general relativity were w
by deogeo 8y ago
> They laughed at Einstein but they also laughed at Bozo the Clown
Off topic, but I don't think they laughed at Einstein. Special and general relativity were well received by the scientific community, weren't they?
- Nasrudith 8y agoSort of - he got it published easily enough and the revered Max Planck praised it highly within a year and lectured on it but he certainly faced resistance. He had some allies who were themselves great mathematicians and physicists but he didn't exactly get the red carpet rolled out for him. It took four years after publication to get an associate professor position sufficient to resign from the patent office.