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Light Deflection

Predicts that gravity should bend starlight and proposes a solar-eclipse test.

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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Light Deflection

June 1911 · Prague · United States of America · Physics

Predicts that gravity should bend starlight and proposes a solar-eclipse test.

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