How Politics Shaped General Relativity

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How Politics Shaped General Relativity

Unread post by popster1 » Sat Nov 07, 2015 8:16 pm

Article in the New York Times today: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/opini ... ivity.html

Even for those who reject Einstein's theories it is worthwhile to remember that the EU is certainly not the first idea to create controversy. New ideas always step on established toes.
I've lived long enough to see nearly everything I ever believed to be true disproved at least once.
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