# #Mon Aug 09 11:58:52 CEST 2010 Text__tn81oKOcEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title=Session of the Prussian Academy of Science Text__tn81oKOcEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_text=

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity meets with scepticism among his Academy colleagues. His attempts to find support for an empirical test of the theory do not have much resonance.

Among the few astronomers reacting with enthusiasm to Einstein's new theory is Karl Schwarzschild.