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Gravitational Waves

Predicts gravitational waves as propagating disturbances in spacetime within general relativity.

Albert Einstein photographed in Princeton in 1947
Albert Einstein, Princeton, 1947. Photograph by Oren Jack Turner; Library of Congress image with no known restrictions. Wikimedia Commons source.
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Gravitational Waves

June 1916 · Berlin · United States of America · Astronomy

Predicts gravitational waves as propagating disturbances in spacetime within general relativity.

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