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Einstein's Unpublished Opening Lecture for His Course on Relativity Theory in Argentina, 1925

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2008

Alejandro Gangui  and
Eduardo L. Ortiz
Alejandro Gangui
Affiliation:
National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and University of Buenos Aires
Eduardo L. Ortiz
Affiliation:
Imperial College, London
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In 1922 the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) Council approved a motion to send an invitation to Albert Einstein to visit Argentina and give a course of lectures on his theory of relativity. The motion was proposed by Jorge Duclout (1856–1927), who had been educated at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich (ETH). This proposal was the culmination of a series of initiatives of various Argentine intellectuals interested in the theory of relativity. In a very short time Dr. Mauricio Nirenstein (1877–1935), then the university's administrative secretary, fulfilled all the requirements for the university's invitation to be endorsed and delivered to the sage in Berlin. The visit took place three years later, in March–April 1925.

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Science in Context , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , September 2008 , pp. 435 - 450
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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