Albert Einstein1912
Einstein used the thought experiment of a rotating disk to show that ordinary Euclidean geometry need not describe measurements made in accelerated systems, strengthening the geometric approach to gravity.
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Einstein used the thought experiment of a rotating disk to show that ordinary Euclidean geometry need not describe measurements made in accelerated systems, strengthening the geometric approach to gravity.
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