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Errors and Insights: Reconstructing the Genesis of General Relativity from Einstein’s Zurich Notebook

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Renn, J., Sauer, T. (2003). Errors and Insights: Reconstructing the Genesis of General Relativity from Einstein’s Zurich Notebook. In: Holmes, F.L., Renn, J., Rheinberger, HJ. (eds) Reworking the Bench. Archimedes, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48152-9_12

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