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Einstein Manuscript With Relativity Calculations Sold for Over $13M at Paris Auction
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A rare manuscript featuring early calculations that led to Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity sold for just over $13 million at an auction in Paris Tuesday, becoming the most expensive manuscript by the famed scientist.
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Rare Einstein manuscript is 'most valuable' ever to come to auction
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Einstein Manuscript With Relativity Calculations Sold for Over $13M at Paris Auction
Christie's sold a working manuscript, one of two extant, from Albert Einstein as he and a Swiss colleague, in whose collection it survived, for $13 million and change in Paris on November 23. It was an extraordinary sale of arguably one of Einstein's most important works. Here's the background.
The 54-page document “provides a remarkable insight into Einstein’s work and a fascinating glimpse into the mind of the greatest scientist of the 20th century,” auction house Christie’s said.
Handwritten notes by physicist Albert Einstein far sold for a record amount at auction in Paris. The rare manuscript is one of only two texts in existence showing preparatory work for the theory of general relativity.
A rare manuscript featuring early calculations that led to Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity sold for just over $13 million at an auction in Paris Tuesday, becoming the most expensive manuscript by the famed scientist.
A manuscript co-authored by Albert Einstein, offering a rare insight into the legendary physicist's thinking leading up to his general theory of relativity, was sold in an auction on Tuesday
PARIS — A manuscript co-authored by Albert Einstein, offering a rare insight into the legendary physicist’s thinking leading up to his general theory of relativity, was sold in an auction
Albert Einstein's handwritten notes for the theory of relativity fetched a record 11.6 million euros (US$13 million) at an auction in Paris on Tuesday.
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