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Light Deflection

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

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1911

Albert EinsteinJune 1911

Prague · Science / Physics

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

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Albert Einstein

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