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This chapter historically traces certain important astrophysical aspects of gravitational lensing. The first section deals with the predictions of various gravitational lens phenomena, while the second briefly describes some of their discoveries. A more detailed account of the history of gravitational lensing is given by Trimble [Tri] and Schneider, Ehlers and Falco [Schn-EF].
Of course, there is not much hope of observing this phenomenon directly. Albert Einstein, 1936
The probability that nebulae which act as gravitational lenses will be found becomes practically a certainty. Fritz Zwicky, 1937
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Petters, A.O., Levine, H., Wambsganss, J. (2001). Historical Highlights. In: Singularity Theory and Gravitational Lensing. Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol 21. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0145-8_1
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