The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity

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• On the Electrodynamics of Moving BodiesAlbert Einstein, 1905Special relativity derived from two postulates, dissolving absolute time without introducing a single new force.

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• Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole MergerB. P. Abbott et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration), 2016Reports the direct detection of a ripple in spacetime from two black holes spiralling together, a century after general relativity predicted such waves should exist.
• Weak Gravitational LensingMatthias Bartelmann & Peter Schneider, 2001Shows that the faint, coherent distortion of background galaxy shapes by foreground mass can map the universe's dark matter directly, without assuming it emits light.