'''Charles Lane Poor''' was a professor of celestial mechanics at Columbia University.
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'''Charles Lane Poor''' was a professor of celestial mechanics at Columbia University.
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He published a monograph disputing the evidence for [[Albert Einstein]]'s theory of relativity in the pre-war years before the theory became firmly established.
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He published a monograph disputing the evidence for [[Albert Einstein]]'s [[theory of relativity]] in the pre-war years before the theory became firmly established.
His son, Edmund Ward Poor, was a cofounder of [[Grumman Aircraft]] on [[Long Island]].
His son, Edmund Ward Poor, was a cofounder of [[Grumman Aircraft]] on [[Long Island]].