This is a great article, covering a breadth of topics related to General Relativity: 1) the history of it’s discovery and publication, 2) experiments confirming it both recently and long ago, 3) it’s influence on science, math, and popular opinion.
Originally shared by Ars Technica
“Who is the author of Einstein’s theory of general relativity? This might resemble the old joke about the New York City landmark, ‘Who is buried in Grant’s Tomb?’—but the answer is not as self-evident.”
Chris Dolan Impressive.