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Re:How Einstein arrived at his theory of general relativity by TheOtherHobbes on Friday February 11, 2022 @07:39PM (#30308808)
That's a very good article and puts the other contributors in context.

The fact that there was so much discussion between the main players is underappreciated.

I strongly suspect that today GR would be a multi-author paper.

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Re:How Einstein arrived at his theory of general relativity by leephillips on Friday February 11, 2022 @07:48PM (#30308868)
Accepted practice for listing authors on scientific papers is always changing. In older papers you often have people listed in an acknowledgement who, today, would absolutely be on the author list.
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Re:How Einstein arrived at his theory of general relativity by lupire on Friday February 11, 2022 @07:53PM (#30308893)
Because in the past the scientist's career wasn't contingent on getting on the author list.
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