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Dr. Albert Einstein, Originator of the Special and General Theories of Relativity

Einstein’s Theories of Relativity and Gravitation
A SELECTION OF MATERIAL FROM THE ESSAYS SUBMITTED IN THE COMPETITION FOR THE EUGENE HIGGINS PRIZE OF $5,000
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NEW YORK SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO., MUNN & CO. 1921
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