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Einstein's Theory of General Relativity

The original manuscript is strewn with notations, calculations - and errors

"It is not a smooth path to general relativity. It is a path strewn with many errors."

Robert Schulmann, one of the editors of the Einstein Papers project, explores the manuscript of Einstein's theory of general relativity.

Einstein worked on the manuscript with his friend Michele Besso. Robert Schulmann talks about the notations, calculations and workings out that Einstein and Besso made.

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4 minutes