Was Einstein Right? A Centenary Assessment
Clifford M. Will
TL;DR
This paper reviews a century of experimental tests of general relativity, summarizing key findings and assessing the theory's validity over 100 years.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of 100 years of tests of general relativity, updating previous reviews and highlighting the theory's experimental validation.
Findings
General relativity has been extensively tested and largely confirmed.
No significant deviations from Einstein's predictions have been observed.
The theory remains a cornerstone of modern physics.
Abstract
This article is an overview of 100 years of testing general relativity, to be published in the book General Relativity and Gravitation: A Centennial Perspective, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of general relativity. It is effectively an abridged version of the recent update of the author's Living Review in Relativity.
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