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  2. Einstein's thought experiments - Wikipedia

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    1. At 16 years old and a student at the Gymnasium in Aarau, Einstein would have had the thought experiment in late 1895 to early 1896. But various sources note that Einstein did not learn Maxwell's theory until 1898, in university. [7] [8] 2. A 19th century aether theorist would have had no difficulties with the thought experiment. Einstein's ...

  3. Einstein's unsuccessful investigations - Wikipedia

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    Einstein himself considered the introduction of the cosmological constant in his 1917 paper founding cosmology as a "blunder". [3] The theory of general relativity predicted an expanding or contracting universe, but Einstein wanted a static universe which is an unchanging three-dimensional sphere, like the surface of a three-dimensional ball in four dimensions.

  4. Sticky bead argument - Wikipedia

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    He did not appreciate Einstein's arguments that the waves are real. [7] In 1936, together with Nathan Rosen, Einstein rediscovered the Beck vacuums, a family of exact gravitational wave solutions with cylindrical symmetry (sometimes also called Einstein–Rosen waves). While investigating the motion of test particles in these solutions ...

  5. Space telescope reveals rare ‘Einstein ring’ phenomenon with ...

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    Spilker was not involved in the new study, but has previously observed an Einstein ring using the James Webb Space Telescope that was described in a June 2023 study he coauthored with an ...

  6. Criticism of the theory of relativity - Wikipedia

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    Eventually, Kaufmann published his results in December 1905 and argued that they are in agreement with Abraham's theory and require rejection of the "basic assumption of Lorentz and Einstein" (the relativity principle). Lorentz reacted with the phrase "I am at the end of my Latin", while Einstein did not mention those experiments before 1908.

  7. 50 “Weird Facts” That You Might Not Have Known Before Today ...

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    And it's just one of many very strange but fascinating tidbits that can be found on the Weird Facts IG page. Over 1.2 million people follow the account for their daily dose of oddly interesting ...

  8. Albert Einstein - Wikipedia

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    Albert Einstein (/ ˈ aɪ n s t aɪ n /, EYEN-styne; [4] German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʔaɪnʃtaɪn] ⓘ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity.

  9. 50 Things The “Weird” Kid At School Did That Still Haunt ...

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    School's hard and not everybody fits in. According to one study, around 35% of students may have experienced social rejection. Those who suffered from it were more likely to have symptoms of ...