Manuscript
- ID-nummer
- 2019.007.001
- Titel
- Manuscript
- Objektkategori
- Dokument & anteckningar
- Publik beskrivning
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This manuscript was written in 1922, when Albert Einstein had just heard that he had been awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics. Many physicists were still skeptical of his theory of general relativity, which turned the conceptions of time, space and gravity of classical physics upside down. Einstein did not receive the prize for his theory of relativity but for other ground-breaking work. However, many physicists and mathematicians continued to work according to the theory of relativity. One of the them was Eric Trefftz, who thought he had found a solution to a problem in the theory of general relativity – how two bodies move around a common center of mass. In the manuscript, Einstein comments on Trefftz’s article and demonstrates problems with his solution.
One of the previous owners of the manuscript was Max von Laue, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914. This manuscript was donated to the Nobel Prize Museum by Åsa and Per Taube. - Location
- Permanent exhibition
Part of Manuscript