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Mandl Prompts Einstein to Publish Gravitational Lensing

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1936

Albert Einstein1936

Princeton · Science / Astronomy

After discussions with Rudi Mandl, Einstein returned to the lensing calculation he had explored in 1912 and agreed to publish the optical effect of gravitational light bending.

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Albert Einstein

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