Einstein was right! (for the wrong reason) HL: Astronomers struggle with basic theories about the universe, following the discovery of.(Features)(Ideas)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: May 10, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: Peter N. Spotts Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Michael Levi is finding a golden opportunity in Albert Einstein's "greatest blunder."

In 1917, Einstein pulled a fudge factor out of thin air to coax his equations on general relativity into describing a universe astronomers actually saw.

Three years ago, two teams of astronomers startled the scientific world with evidence that this figment of Einstein's chalk board - which th...

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