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Einstein's war : how relativity triumphed amid the vicious nationalism of World War I / Matthew Stanley

This account examines the development of the theory of general relativity against the backdrop of the First World War. It details the challenges of scientific research during global conflict and the international cooperation required to confirm the theory in 1919.

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