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Einstein published his relativity papers originally in German.

• CamperBob2 1y ago
  German was the lingua franca of physics at the time, so to speak. Starting in the 1930s, though, that tradition began to change... for reasons that I'm sure won't ever apply to American English. Nosirree, Bob, we're special. Great, even.
  • barrenko 1y ago
    The only constant is constant change.
    • kirubakaran 1y ago
      And even that's not constant sometimes.
  • ggm 1y ago
    > German was the lingua franca A finer expression of the matter cannot be made.
  • sorokod 1y ago
    A relevant quote from David Hilbert: "Mathematics in Göttingen?" Hilbert repiled. "There is really none any more." https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/2486/source-for-hilberts-famous-quote-mathematics-in-g%c3%b6ttingen-there-really-is-non https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/2486/source-for-hilb...