Einstein–Besso Manuscript on the Perihelion Motion of Mercury Sold for Record Amount

Michel Janssen; Eran Moore Rea

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Einstein–Besso Manuscript on the Perihelion Motion of Mercury Sold for Record Amount

Michel Janssen, Eran Moore Rea

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Abstract

In 1913, Albert Einstein and Michele Besso tried to explain the anomalous advance of Mercury's perihelion on the basis of the precursor theory of general relativity. A manuscript bundle documents their work. This manuscript was recently auctioned for a record amount. The paper gives a brief discussion of the significance and history of this manuscript.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	2100563
Journal	Annalen der Physik
Volume	534
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.202100563
State	Published - Feb 2022

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The authors are grateful to Tilman Sauer for his careful editing of the essay.

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© 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH.

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Albert Einstein
Michele Besso
general relativity

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Einstein–Besso Manuscript on the Perihelion Motion of Mercury Sold for Record Amount

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