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The Perfect Theory: A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity

By Pedro G. Ferreira
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By Pedro G. Ferreira
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The first complete biography of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, revealing the personal feuds and ideological battles, the decades of neglect, the resurgence, and now, the deep questioning of a theory that has given us black holes, dark energy, and modern cosmology.

How did one elegant theory incite a scientific revolution?

Physicists have been exploring, debating, and questioning the general theory of relativity ever since Albert Einstein first presented it in 1915.

In this sweeping ...

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