Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2016, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (2): 120-124.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2016.02.009

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Reflection on Einstein’s fortune on the occasion of the detection of gravitational waves

SHI Yu   

  1. Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • Online:2016-04-25 Published:2016-05-05

Abstract:

On the occasion of the direct detection of gravitational waves and from some particular perspective, we reflect on Einstein’s route of founding general theory of relativity, predicting gravitational waves and introducing the cosmological constant. We also introduce and analyze the historical situations of several publications of Einstein. Several events of Einstein are accounted in a synthesized way.