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Albert Einstein's 1916 Review Article on General Relativity
The first comprehensive overview of the final version of the general theory
of relativity was published by Einstein in 1916 after several expositions of
preliminary versions and latest revisions of the theory in November 1915. A
historical account of this review paper is given, of its prehistory, including
a discussion of Einstein's collaboration with Marcel Grossmann, and of its
immediate reception.Comment: 27 pages, 1 jpg imag
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