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Research Focus Group Talk: Cold War Curvature: Measuring and Modeling Gravity in Postwar American Physics
Research Focus Group Talk: Cold War Curvature: Measuring and Modeling Gravity in Postwar American Physics
A popular image persists of Albert Einstein as a loner, someone who avoided the hustle and bustle of everyday life in favor of quiet contemplation. Yet Einstein was deeply engaged with politics throughout his life; indeed, he was so active politically that the FBI kept him under surveillance for decades. His most enduring scientific legacy, the general theory of relativity – physicists' reigning explanation of gravity and the basis for nearly all our thinking about ...