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Re: The mystery behind the Einstein-Besso 54 pages manuscript, hiidden for 40 years.

From Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity, sci.physics, sci.math
Subject Re: The mystery behind the Einstein-Besso 54 pages manuscript, hiidden for 40 years.
Date 2025-04-16 00:19 -0500
Organization Modern Human
Message-ID <vtnekd$3ms5$3@solani.org> (permalink)
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On 4/15/25 11:30 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
> it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that Albert Einstein is no
> Einstein.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> rhertz wrote:
>>
>> Chat with DeepSeek:
>>
>> QUESTION:
>>
>> Tell me about the "54 pages Einstein-Besso manuscript" that Besso HELD
>> until his death in 1953. When this manuscript emerged, and was subject
>> to public auction in 1992, it also emerged fierce criticisms from
>> scholars during such dark period (1954-1990), which showed (with hundred
>> of references) how WRONG was the approach of the team on the Mercury
>> problem. It included an error of 3 magnitudes and negative sign in the
>> final calculation. Now, it's in public domain. Which is your opinion of
>> such manuscript and why do you believe it was hidden for 40 years by
>> Besso?
>>
>> DEEPSEEK ANSWER:
>>
>> The Einstein-Besso manuscript (1913) is one of the most controversial
>> and revealing documents in the history of general relativity (GR). Its
>> contents, hidden by Michele Besso until his death in 1953 and later
>> auctioned in 1992, expose critical errors in Einstein’s early approach
>> to the Mercury perihelion problem—errors that were orders of magnitude
>> wrong and even had the wrong sign in calculations.
>>
>> ...


Star, tell him that's how science works. The way to get there is messy 
and full of mistakes, but some eventually get there! The sugar coating 
comes later for sex reasons :)


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The mystery behind the Einstein-Besso 54 pages manuscript, hiidden for 40 years. hertz778@gmail.com (rhertz) - 2025-04-15 23:37 +0000
  Re: The mystery behind the Einstein-Besso 54 pages manuscript, hiidden for 40 years. hertz778@gmail.com (rhertz) - 2025-04-16 02:03 +0000
  Re: The mystery behind the Einstein-Besso 54 pages manuscript, hiidden for 40  years. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-04-15 21:30 -0700
    Re: The mystery behind the Einstein-Besso 54 pages manuscript, hiidden for 40 years. Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-04-16 00:19 -0500
      Re: The mystery behind the Einstein-Besso 54 pages manuscript, hiidden for 40 years. hertz778@gmail.com (rhertz) - 2025-04-16 15:15 +0000
        Re: The mystery behind the Einstein-Besso 54 pages manuscript, hiidden for 40 years. Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-04-16 16:51 -0500
    Re: The mystery behind the Einstein-Besso 54 pages manuscript, hiidden for 40   years. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-04-16 21:49 -0700
      Re: The mystery behind the Einstein-Besso 54 pages manuscript, hiidden for 40    years. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-04-16 22:20 -0700
  Re: The mystery behind the Einstein-Besso 54 pages manuscript, hiidden for 40 years. hertz778@gmail.com (rhertz) - 2025-04-16 15:17 +0000
    Re: The mystery behind the Einstein-Besso 54 pages manuscript, hiidden for 40 years. nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2025-04-16 20:10 +0200
      Re: The mystery behind the Einstein-Besso 54 pages manuscript, hiidden for 40 years. Ken Babinoff Sum <feb@fiine.ru> - 2025-04-17 10:30 +0000

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