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Geometry and Experience Lecture

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

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1921

Albert EinsteinJanuary 1921

Berlin · Science / Physics

Explains how geometry acquires physical meaning through measurement and discusses the relationship between mathematical geometry and the spacetime structure of general relativity.

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Albert Einstein

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