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When Einstein Tilted at Windmills
- Learning2-2 6y agoI had never looked into the history of ideas leading up to general relativity. The terminology is so different than other physics and it seems to answer questions that I have never seen referenced. This article give a glimpse into the intellectual history and why it came to be. Though I found the end of the article a little unclear.
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoIt's not the article that's unclear - it's the current state of physics.
- sdenton4 6y agoThere's a really lovely Dover book which collects some of the source papers read by Einstein's group. http://doverpublications.ecomm-search.com/mdetail?auth_id=&d=0486453502 http://doverpublications.ecomm-search.com/mdetail?auth_id=&d...
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- andi999 6y agoThe coin example is not right. A rolled sheet of paper still has curvature 0 (which is the reason why you can easily roll it up).
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- james_anderson 6y agoTLDR; A time traveller, named Besso, came back to push Einstein to formulate his theory General Relativity earlier than he would have done on his own. This accelerated the technological growth of humanity over the next two centuries to such a degree that they were ready for the alien invasion in the year 2122.
- Ancapistani 6y agoThis is exactly what I got out of it as well!