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Discover how Einstein’s theory of special relativity reshaped physics by linking space, time, mass, and energy in a universe governed by the speed of light.
Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2015. See the basic facts of Einstein's relativity in our infographic here. Skip to main content ...
Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity is one of the most significant scientific advances of our time. The concept of relativity was not introduced by Einstein, but he was a major contributor with the ...
Einstein kept obsessing on relativity all through the summer of 1905, and in September he sent in a second paper as a kind of afterthought. Einstein’s Relativity Explained in 4 Simple Steps It ...
General relativity has been tested six ways to Sunday and found to explain the universe every time, with one exception. Until now, Einstein’s star theory had never measured against events in the ...
Today, November 25, marks the 100th anniversary of German physicist Albert Einstein’s world-changing theory of general relativity, described by The New York Times as “the equation that rules ...
General Theory of Relativity explained: The beautiful simplicity (and weird time sags) of Einstein's 100-year-old masterpiece Carlo Rovelli's 'Seven Brief Lessons in Physics' outsold '50 Shades of ...
Watch Einstein’s Theory of Relativity explained in a superfun 3-minute cartoon. by Molly Brown on November 25, 2015 at 11:40 am December 29, 2020 at 8:17 am. Share 4 Tweet Share Reddit Email.
Einstein presented his general theory of relativity at the end of 1915 in a series of lectures in Berlin. But it wasn’t until a solar eclipse in 1919 that everyone took notice.
Albert Einstein works at the blackboard during a lecture in Vienna in 1921. (F. Schmutzer via Wikipedia) This week’s 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity is a ...
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity—which explains gravity as the product of the distortion of space and time—may not be universally applicable. This is the conclusion of physicists ...
Albert Einstein is famous for his theory of relativity, and GPS navigation and nuclear energy would be impossible without the equation e=mc2. How our ideas about space and time changed forever.