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Equivalence Principle

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

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1907

Albert Einstein1907

Bern · Science / Physics

Formulates the equivalence principle, a decisive step toward a relativistic theory of gravitation.

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Albert Einstein

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