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Apr 4, 2019 · Many of the artists were influenced by Einstein’s revolutionary ideas about space and time. Others were inspired by mathematical conceptions of a fourth spatial dimension, the hidden world ...
- Einstein's Distorted Lens
- Stymied by Imaginary Singularities
- A Brilliant Blunder?
- The Error He Never Admitted
In the case of gravitational lensing, Einstein's crucial error was to downplay one of his most famous results: his prediction that light bends in a gravitational field. In December 1936 he published a short paper in the journal Science, with the title “Lens-Like Action of a Star by the Deviation of Light in the Gravitational Field.” It began with a...
In the case of gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime—Einstein understood early on that they were implied by his theory but for a time backtracked from his original, correct claims for their existence. Today the detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes and exploding stars or from the inflationary era (an epoch of hyperfast expa...
The most famous of Einstein's errors is his modification of general relativity to allow a universe that is not expanding. It became widely known because he reportedly denounced it himself as a “blunder.” When he completed general relativity in 1915, the prevailing wisdom held that our galaxy, the Milky Way, was surrounded by an infinite void that w...
Einstein's errors were intellectually fertile because they were all rooted in grand, provocative ideas about how physics works. That is true even of what is generally regarded as his greatest error of all: his refusal to accept quantum mechanics as a fundamental theory of nature. Although Einstein had created the basis for quantum mechanics with hi...
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In 1905 Einstein discovered the special theory of relativity, establishing the famous dictum that nothing—no object or signal—can travel faster than the speed of...
Aug 19, 2016 · Einstein argued that space and time were bound up together (something he would elaborate on in his theory of general relativity of 1915, adding gravity to the mix of space/time), a complicated idea that contradicted the long-held belief in something called ether.
Reasons for criticism of the theory of relativity have included alternative theories, rejection of the abstract-mathematical method, and alleged errors of the theory. According to some authors, antisemitic objections to Einstein's Jewish heritage also occasionally played a role in these objections.
Mar 14, 2018 · Bettmann/Bettmann Archive. Albert Einstein would have been 139 years old Wednesday. Happy Birthday! Einstein's science, and general views on humanity, have profoundly changed the way we see ...
Jan 13, 2016 · Einsteinian Eclipse: The Paradigmatic Fourth Dimension in Modern Art Before and After Relativity | Art History | Oxford Academic. Volume 39.
