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Einstein's General Theory of Relativity: The Essential Idea
Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, phrased in terms of warps and curves...
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Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton.
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, engraving, c. 1701.
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Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant, print published in London, 1812.
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James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell.
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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein, 1921.
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Boltzmann, Ludwig Eduard
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, bust at the University of Vienna.
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