His only mistake in my view was the fact that be backed off on the Cosmological constant...
I feel he did this because he was faced with a stronger personality in the form of Mr Hubble...who was a contender for the heavy weight boxing championship of the world and a lawyer, and addition he had the biggest toy in the world at his call....
DrA.saw... if only briefly... that gravity must push and tried to fit that proposition into his scheme of things
however no doubt the discovery of an expanding Universe must have left him unsure of his direction .... he backed off and left it to me to take gravity push forward ... gravity push is the mechanical translation of the math he was working upon that was his cosmological constant.
Dr A is one of my heroes the fact he may have made mistakes takes nothing away ..however in spite of the parrallels between out lives it is the aspect that he was falible that seperates us...I have yet to make one single mistake ..ask my ex misuss.
And I am happy to point out that our (Albert's and my) mutual unacceptance of the proposition of black holes (as dictated in the minds of some by general relativity to establish them as fact) he, like I will,...to his death bed... an unacceptance that they are "real"...
So I ask you am I not in good company when I reject black holes as fairy tale nonsence..
He was a smart man and someone should take notice of his rejection of black holes even if they wish to disregard mine.....and time will tell his cosmological constant translates into an understanding of the very fabric of space..
I used to bang this drum years ago when all agreed his cosmological constant was indeed his greatest mistake that is was not...I note these days many have fallen in behind my view..look at any news etc over the last ten years and you will notice the change in the commentary.
So fellow travellers how is that for a stand???
alex
