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Away from the Limelight: Einstein and Milne (2020)

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In his paper, ‘Einstein in Oxford’, Dr Robert Fox comments that Arthur Milne, my father, was the only person in Oxford capable of serious discussion with Einstein. They met at organized events, but more to Einstein's taste were less formal occasions. As both guest and speaker he came to Milne's colloquia. In Oxford and Potsdam they discussed Milne's cosmological theory. Einstein supported Oxford University in its effort to secure the proceeds from the sale of the Radcliffe Observatory.

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Authors & Contributors
Nussbaumer, Harry
O'Raifeartaigh, C.
McCann, B.
Jung, Tobias
Emanuele Tamborrino
Guichelaar, Jan
Concepts
Cosmology
Physics
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Relativity
Universe
Astronomy
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Milan (Italy)
Berlin (Germany)
Institutions
Istituto Lombardo (Milan)
Commission internationale de coopération intellectuelle (CICI)
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Instituten
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (Zürich)
Universidad de Buenos Aires
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