| | *English translation: Einstein, Albert (September 27, 1905). [http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/www/ Hypertext of "Does the inertia of a body depend on its energy-content?"]. Translated in Perrett, Wilfrid and Jeffery, George B. (1923), ''The Principle of Relativity'' (London: Methuen), pp. 67-71. Hypertext retrieved from Fourmilab [Switzerland] website on January 31, 2015.</ref> | | *English translation: Einstein, Albert (September 27, 1905). [http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/www/ Hypertext of "Does the inertia of a body depend on its energy-content?"]. Translated in Perrett, Wilfrid and Jeffery, George B. (1923), ''The Principle of Relativity'' (London: Methuen), pp. 67-71. Hypertext retrieved from Fourmilab [Switzerland] website on January 31, 2015.</ref> |
| − | * Einstein did not originate the idea of using non-Euclidean geometry<ref>His friend Paul Ehrenfest pointed out the need for curved space. Kaku, Michio (2014). [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/181349/Albert-Einstein "Albert Einstein"]. ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. Retrieved on February 1, 2015.</ref> [[metric tensor]]s to reconcile gravity with special relativity.<ref>Walter, Scott (2006). [http://web.archive.org/web/20061205041327/http://univ-nancy2.fr/DepPhilo/walter/papers/b4.pdf "Breaking in the 4-vectors: the four-dimensional movement in gravitation, 1905–1910"]. University of Nancy 2 [France]/Department of Philosophy/Scott Walter website. Retrieved from December 5, 2006 archive at Internet Archive on February 1, 2015.</ref> It was not his idea to describe gravity in [[covariant equations]], and he published papers supposedly showing that it was impossible.<ref>Norton, John D. (March 1993). [http://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers/decades_re-set.pdf "General covariance and the foundation of general relativity: eight decades of dispute"]. ''Reports on Progress in Physics'', no. 56, pp. 791-858. Retrieved from University of Pittsburgh/John D. Norton website on February 2, 2015.</ref> He did not discover the Lagrangian formulation of [[general relativity]], and was not the first to publish the field equations. He did not foresee the [[expansion of the universe]] (although this expansion is consistent with the field equations), the possibility of black holes, or [[dark energy]]. | + | * Einstein did not originate the idea of using non-Euclidean geometry<ref>His friend Paul Ehrenfest pointed out the need for curved space. Kaku, Michio (2014). [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/181349/Albert-Einstein "Albert Einstein"]. ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. Retrieved on February 1, 2015.</ref> [[metric tensor]]s to reconcile gravity with special relativity.<ref>Walter, Scott (2006). [http://web.archive.org/web/20061205041327/http://univ-nancy2.fr/DepPhilo/walter/papers/b4.pdf "Breaking in the 4-vectors: the four-dimensional movement in gravitation, 1905–1910"]. University of Nancy 2 [France]/Department of Philosophy/Scott Walter website. Retrieved from December 5, 2006 archive at Internet Archive on February 1, 2015.</ref> It was not his idea to describe gravity in [[covariant equations]], and he published papers supposedly showing that it was impossible.<ref>Norton, John D. (March 1993). [http://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers/decades_re-set.pdf "General covariance and the foundation of general relativity: eight decades of dispute"]. ''Reports on Progress in Physics'', no. 56, pp. 791-858. Retrieved from University of Pittsburgh/John D. Norton website on February 2, 2015.</ref> He did not discover the Lagrangian formulation of [[general relativity]], and was not the first to publish the field equations. He did not foresee the [[expansion of the universe]] (although this expansion is consistent with the field equations), the possibility of [[black hole]]s, or [[dark energy]]. |
| | * Einstein did not originate the idea that light is observable as particles. Max Planck published that a few years before Einstein, and received a Nobel prize for it. | | * Einstein did not originate the idea that light is observable as particles. Max Planck published that a few years before Einstein, and received a Nobel prize for it. |