Erwin Finlay Freundlich and testing Einstein's theory of relativity

DOI10.1007/BF00394800zbMath0806.01022WikidataQ57390137 ScholiaQ57390137MaRDI QIDQ1334128

Klaus Hentschel

Publication date: 24 October 1994

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

theory of relativityastronomyredshiftlight deflection

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Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70)

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