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Description: In his 1911 paper, "On the Influence of Gravitation of the Propagation of Light", Einstein uses thought experiments to help explain his thoughts on the gravitation of energy. This is one of Einstein's best-known thought experiments illustrating elementary conclusions that may be derived from the equivalence principle.
Title: Einstein's argument that falling light acquires energy
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