Word: einsteins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Robert V. Pound, professor of Physics, and Glen A. Rebka Jr. '53 will share the 1965 Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society for their experiments helping to confirm Einstein's Principle of Equivalence...
According to Einstein's theory of general relativity, a gravitational field has three effects on light: 1) it deflects it to one side, 2) it changes its frequency, and 3) it slows it down. All these effects are slight, and although the first two have been detected already, the third was until recently beyond the range of observation. But now Dr. Irwin I. Shapiro of M.l.T.'s Lincoln Laboratory proposes to check on Einstein by using the solar system itself as his laboratory...
...Venus is well away from the sun, that time can be translated into the planet's calculated distance on its well-known orbit. But as Venus begins to swing behind the sun, the microwaves will pass through the strongest part of the sun's gravitational field. If Einstein was right, they will be slowed down ever so slightly. Dr. Shapiro figures that during their 25-minute round trip of about 300 million miles, the gravity-hampered waves will lag by two ten-thousandths of a second, making Venus appear about 40 miles farther away than it really...
...England and Queen Mary back in the '20s and '30s, or John F. Kennedy (who appeared seven times) and Jackie (Jan. 20, 1961). Among the few nongovernmental couples on the list are the notable names of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his wife Abby Aldrich, and Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa, who was the subject of a cover story (Dec. 22, 1930) that told how she cared for her great but absent-minded husband. Other couples, such as Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (Nov. 8, 1937), have appeared on the cover together. And some show business people...
...Ground was broken last month for a new school of social work, latest in a series of fast-rising buildings for physics, chemistry, den tistry, law. Nearing completion is a $10 million medical school complex. The just-finished library houses 2,000,000 books and such treasures as Einstein's handwritten manuscript of the theory of relativity, a 1,600-volume collection of Lincolniana, and the private library of Serge Koussevitzky...