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Spacetime Ether Reinterpreted in Leiden

In his Leiden address Einstein argued that general relativity gives spacetime physical properties while rejecting the mechanical luminiferous ether required by nineteenth-century theories of light.

Albert Einstein in a 1912 portrait
Albert Einstein, 1912. Photograph by J. F. Langhans — public domain. Wikimedia Commons source.
Year 1920LeidenPhysics

Spacetime Ether Reinterpreted in Leiden

1920 · Leiden · Netherlands · Physics

In his Leiden address Einstein argued that general relativity gives spacetime physical properties while rejecting the mechanical luminiferous ether required by nineteenth-century theories of light.