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Geometry and Experience

Albert Einstein · Prussian Academy of Sciences , 1921 · Expanded from Einstein's Nobel Prize acceptance lecture series

This lecture examines how axiomatic geometry relates to physical experience, influencing the later development of general relativity.

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Abstract

An address delivered before the Prussian Academy of Sciences at Berlin on January 27, 1921. Explores the relationship between axiomatic geometry and physical reality.

Citation

@article{einstein1921,
  title = {Geometry and Experience},
  author = {Einstein, Albert},
  journal = {Prussian Academy of Sciences},
  year = {1921},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-322-82102-7_13}
}