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Gravitational Redshift Prediction

Derives the expectation that light climbing through a gravitational field should lose frequency, providing an early relativistic prediction of gravitational redshift.

Albert Einstein in his Berlin office around 1920
Albert Einstein in his Berlin office, about 1920. Unknown photographer — public domain. Wikimedia Commons source.
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Gravitational Redshift Prediction

1911 · Prague · United States of America · Physics

Derives the expectation that light climbing through a gravitational field should lose frequency, providing an early relativistic prediction of gravitational redshift.