Georgi Manev Explained

Georgi Ivanov Manev
Георги Иванов Манев
Birth Date:15 January 1884
Birth Place:Veliko Tarnovo, Principality of Bulgaria
Death Place:Sofia, People's Republic of Bulgaria
Nationality:Bulgarian
Children:Angel Manev
Fannie Maneva
Fields:Classical and celestial mechanics
Workplaces:University of Sofia
Alma Mater:University of Sofia
Known For:Manev field
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Office:55th Minister of Public Education (Bulgaria)
Primeminister:Georgi Kyoseivanov
Term Start:24 January 1938
Term End:14 November 1938
Predecessor:Nikolay Nikolaev
Successor:Bogdan Filov
Office2:31st Rector of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Term Start2:1936
Term End2:1937
Predecessor2:Michail Arnaudov
Successor2:Georgi Genov

Georgi Manev (Bulgarian: Георги Манев) (15 January 1884 – 15 July 1965) was a Bulgarian physicist, founder of the Sofia University Department of Theoretical Physics, rector of Sofia University (1936–37) and education minister of Bulgaria (1938).[1] His work, mostly known as the Manev field, is used today in aerospace science.

The articles he published in the 1920s have been noticed by Yusuke Hagihara and have been further analysed by Florin Diacu and co-workers.

Letter from Albert Einstein

Manev's gravitational theory ran counter to Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. Einstein's less-than-glowing assessment of Manev’s theory had complicated his colleague’s prospects for a full professorship at Sofia University. In July 1929, Einstein wrote an apologetic letter to Manev, offering to help make the situation “good again.”

The typewritten letter, signed “A. Einstein,” belongs to Manev's family and was subject of an art restoration project at the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC). The letter was creased, partly from being folded, mailed, and tucked into a book for safekeeping during World War II. The creases were retained, removing the adhesive tape without damaging the typed words on the paper.[2]

Notes and References

  1. The Bulgarian Physicist Georgi Manev . M. K. . Tsvetkov . K. P. Tsvetkova . V. Mioc . M. Stavinschi . August 2003 . Fifth General Conference of the Balkan Physical Union . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120311050358/http://www.skyarchive.org/recent_pub/manev_bpuSP18.pdf . 2012-03-11 .
  2. Web site: Art Conservation And Hidden Histories. artcons.udel.edu/. The Department Of Art Conservation, University of Delaware. February 17, 2020.