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The history of special relativity consists of many theoretical results and empirical findings obtained by Albert A. Michelson, Hendrik Lorentz, Henri Poincaré and others. It culminated in the theory of special relativity proposed by Albert Einstein and subsequent work of Max Planck , Hermann Minkowski and others.
In April 1874, Robert E. Lee and Mary Custis Lee's eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee, filed suit against the United States government in a Virginia circuit court to regain the property. [ 19 ] [ 27 ] Custis Lee was a major general in the Civil War and was captured by Union forces at the Battle of Sailor's Creek on April 6, 1865 (see ...
Paul Dirac (1975) General Theory of Relativity, 69 pages, summarises Einstein's general theory of relativity. Robert Wald (1984) General Relativity; N. David Mermin (2005) It's About Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity, Princeton University Press ISBN 978-0-691-12201-4
The Robert E. Lee Memorial was a monument commemorating Robert E. Lee, formerly installed in Roanoke, Virginia's Lee Plaza. The stone memorial was approximately 10 feet (3.0 m) tall, and was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in the fall of 1960, [1] just as the first two black students were enrolled in the all-white school system.
The Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond, Virginia, was the first installation on Monument Avenue in 1890, and would ultimately be the last Confederate monument removed from the site. [4] Before its removal on September 8, 2021, [ 5 ] the monument honored Confederate Civil War General Robert E. Lee , depicted on a horse atop a large marble base ...
The Virginia mansion where Robert E. Lee once lived that now overlooks Arlington National Cemetery is open to the public again, after a $12 million rehabilitation and reinterpretation that ...
An 1875 almanac, a cloth envelope and a silver coin were found in a time capsule that lay hidden beneath a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Pages in category "Monuments and memorials to Robert E. Lee" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .