Einstein’s biggest mistake

by RÜDIGER VAAS

It seems paradoxical or even tragic: Albert Einstein established modern cosmology - and at the same time hindered its development for almost 15 years. His prejudice about the structure of the world was so deep that he even wanted to limit his masterpiece, the general theory of relativity, and did not take its implications seriously enough. Otherwise he would have made what is probably the greatest discovery in the history of science - or at least not immediately discarded it: the insight

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