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In 1918, the concept of massive, rotating objects dragging spacetime along with it was then solidified using general relativity by Austrian physicists Josef Lense and Hans Thirring.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Dec. 2025
That paper was crucial in the development of generative AI, and alone has 105,000 citations; for comparison, Einstein’s 1915 paper on general relativity has 11,000.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Einstein’s general relativity went far beyond Newtonian gravity.
—Big Think, 12 Nov. 2025
All attempts to disprove quantum mechanics and general relativity have failed.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Dec. 2025
That paper was crucial in the development of generative AI, and alone has 105,000 citations; for comparison, Einstein’s 1915 paper on general relativity has 11,000.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Einstein’s general relativity went far beyond Newtonian gravity.
—Big Think, 12 Nov. 2025
All attempts to disprove quantum mechanics and general relativity have failed.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
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“General relativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20relativity. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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