1918 in Science - Physics

Physics

  • Josef Lense and Hans Thirring find the gravitomagnetic precession of gyroscopes in the equations of general relativity.
  • Hans Reissner and Gunnar Nordström solve the Einstein and Maxwell field equations for charged spherically-symmetric non-rotating systems.
  • Friedrich Kottler gets Schwarzschild solution without Einstein vacuum field equations.

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