Einstein already has special relativity, his legacy is safe. let’s give general relativity to someone else who had a similar idea 20 years later.
I found the preceding argument more compelling.
I found the preceding argument more compelling.
Brayton needed to solve actual hard core engineering problems to make the device practical, thus it wasn’t the same idea only similar. There’s little comparison as Brayton was selling commercially viable engines vs writing a paper on a much older idea.