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Gravitational Wave Propagation

Great Britain · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1922

Arthur Stanley Eddington1922

Cambridge · Science / Physics

Eddington analyses gravitational waves in general relativity and distinguishes physical transverse radiation from coordinate-dependent disturbances that do not represent propagating energy.

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Arthur Stanley Eddington

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