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Relativity, Theory of

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1964–1968Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1964

Irwin Shapiro1964

Science / Astronomy

Irwin Shapiro predicts a gravitational time delay of radiation travel as a test of general relativity

1968

Irwin Shapiro1968

Science / Astronomy

Irwin Shapiro presents the first detection of the Shapiro delay

Names involved

Irwin Shapiro

Provenance

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