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Henri Poincaré Biography and Timeline

Follow Henri Poincaré through 1 dated historical records for France.

Henri Poincaré, historical timeline

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1905

Gravitational Radiation Concept

Physicist · Paris · Science / Physics

Poincaré argues that changes in a gravitational field should propagate at the speed of light, anticipating the later relativistic concept of gravitational radiation.

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