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EIH Method Derives Gravitational Motion

With Leopold Infeld and Banesh Hoffmann, Einstein developed an approximation in which the motion of gravitating bodies follows from the relativistic field equations rather than from a separately imposed force law.

Albert Einstein lecturing in Vienna in 1921
Albert Einstein lecturing in Vienna, 1921. Photograph by Ferdinand Schmutzer — public domain. Wikimedia Commons source.
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EIH Method Derives Gravitational Motion

1938 · Princeton · United States of America · Physics

With Leopold Infeld and Banesh Hoffmann, Einstein developed an approximation in which the motion of gravitating bodies follows from the relativistic field equations rather than from a separately imposed force law.