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Bad Nauheim Relativity Debate

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

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1920

Albert EinsteinSeptember 1920

Bad Nauheim · Science / Physics

Publicly debates critics including Philipp Lenard at the German scientists' meeting in Bad Nauheim, defending the physical basis and interpretation of relativity.

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Albert Einstein

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