Albert Einstein1936
Einstein showed that exact alignment of source, lens and observer produces a circular image geometry, the configuration later widely known as an Einstein ring.
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Einstein showed that exact alignment of source, lens and observer produces a circular image geometry, the configuration later widely known as an Einstein ring.
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