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Fritz Zwicky Biography and Timeline

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Fritz Zwicky, historical timeline

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1937

Gravitational Lensing

Astronomer · California Institute of Technology · Science / Astronomy

Zwicky states that galaxies could act as gravitational lenses and make relativity observable on cosmic scales

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