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Abstract. One of the most famous episodes in the early history of general relativity involves the race in November 1915 between Albert Einstein and David Hilbert to uncover the correct form for the ten gravitational field equations. In light of recent archival findings, however, this story now has become a topic of renewed interest and controversy among historians of physics and mathematics. Drawing...
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