Theory of Relativity and the Special Theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein

Imagine you are sitting in a room and you look down at your phone as it says it’s 1:00 p.m. How do you know it is actually 1:00? If it said 2:00 a.m. would you believe it if it was sunny outside? Without Albert Einstein, we would not have many things including our current understanding of time. Albert Einstein had a positive effect on the future of the world because without his discoveries many of today's inventions would be non-existent. He changed the way scientists view everything from matter and energy, as well as light, Time Magazine even named him the most influential person of the 20th century.

The General Theory of relativity is also one of these accomplishments, this theory explains that massive objects cause a distortion in space-time, which is felt as gravity (physicsoftheuniverse.com). Another Accomplishment Albert Einstein made was his discovery of the E=mc2 equation, energy equals mass times the speed of light squared, which explains that energy and mass are interchangeable (biography.com). Along with his many accomplishments Albert Einstein had many rough times in his life, in 1930 Einstein's son was diagnosed with schizophrenia and had a mental breakdown before he died, then in 1936 Einstein's close friend and colleague, Paul Ehrenfest who helped develop Einstein's general theory, committed suicide (britannica.com). In 1936 Einstein's wife, Elsa, died (britannica.com). Einstein's work in Science has continued to shape and reshape the world as we know it, his general theory of relativity has helped pave the way to many scientific

Einstein has brought many insights of life including the theory of the speed of light, which has led to the special theory of relativity that molded the way science, is today. “For example, various experiments, including the Michelson-Morley experiment, failed to measure the expected changes in the speed of light relative to the motion of the Earth. Due to this Einstein recognized that light has a measured speed that is independent of the speed of the observer” (“Albert Einstein.” 4). “Einstein showed in 1907 that mass is related to energy by the famous equation E=mc^2, which indicates the enormous amount of energy that is stored as mass, some of which is released in radioactivity and nuclear radiations, for example in the sun” (4).This enabled Einstein to be able to start and finish the general theory of relativity.

The Economist’s article “The most beautiful theory” discusses Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. It explains the origins of general relativity through Einstein’s initial thought experiments that eventually led to the realization that the university functions in four dimensions (“three spatial dimensions, one temporal one”) and that mass curved space-time, creating gravity. Over time, Einstein’s theory was verified by observations, such as those made by Arthur Eddington when he noticed the skew of light around the sun during an eclipse, which could only have been due to distorted space-time. His theory has also been expanded over the years as physicists try to combine general relativity with

The Special Theory of relativity is an acknowledged physical theory that revolutionized advancements in the relationship between space, and time. The theory is one of the most interesting discoveries that are still used today in science fiction movies such as Star Wars, and Star Trek through the use of black holes, and time travel due to it’s astonishing results, and it occurrence at speeds close to the speed light, which can be appealing to a wide range of audience. This was a harvest from six years of extremely handwork by Albert Einstein. Einstein used resources that were widely available to the public due to his economic constraints. It wasn’t until 1905, when Einstein finally had finished and published his discoveries, and gatherings

Through wonder and complicated thinking Einstein gave a strong argument on how space and time could be curved. By Einstein creating this theory he completely altered the way we could think of space and time. Einstein pictured space as a three-dimensional version of a thin rubber sheet. If you put a heavy object on the sheet, it makes a dent, and therefore an object's path would be affected by that dent. So, planets orbit the sun because “the space around the sun is curved in the 2-D equivalent of a funnel or basin”.( http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/20th_people_einstein.html) “The curvature of space results in the effects of gravity. This notion of curved space becomes more tangible . . . occurs because its curvature of space”. (http://www.fi.edu/learn/case files/einstein/curved.html) Einstein introduced this special theory of relativity because it dealt only with the special case of motion in frames of reference that are neither increasing nor decreasing to the viewer. In other words, “the frames of the reference are . . . a consistent speed in a straight line”. (Jake Goldberg pg.47) Einstein also changed how we now think about gravity itself! He came up with his own theory of gravity as well, called Equivalence Principle. “Einstein said that when he was sitting in a chair in the patent office at Bern when all of a sudden a thought occurred to me: 'If a person falls freely he will not feel his own weight.' I was

In 1916 Einstein proposed his new General Theory of Relativity that built upon Newton's Universal Theory of Gravitation which showed "that gravity is responsible for the motions of both planets and falling objects near the Earth" (Fix, p 86). Einstein' theory "describes gravity as a curvature in four-dimensional spacetime" (Singh, p. 502). The original intent of the theory was to explain the inaccuracies of Mercury's orbit when using Newton's law and the Sun's bending of light.

The theory of relativity is the theory of measurement; therefore, Einstein uses numbers in relation with the fundamental laws of physics. Physics is the mechanics of nature, which can be calculated through use of numbers. The application of Pythagoras’ theory to Einstein’s relativity is obviously not directly related; however, the relevancy of mathematics used with the accordance of nature has influenced many intellectuals, which in turn directly assisted Einstein’s theory. Some of these intellectuals are Aristotle, Ptolemy, and Newton.

Einstein’s theories of Relativity were thought to be one of the most important discoveries in the early 20th century. They led to many different discoveries that would have taken decades more to discover without it, who knows some might not have even been discovered yet today. Some of the discoveries that his theories led to are: Edward Hubble’s observations that the stars and galaxies move and that our universe is constantly changing and expanding (1924). Hubble based his calculations on Einstein’s General theory of relativity. What’s funny is that Einstein actually rejected Hubble’s theory to support his own theory that the universe was static but had to in the end support and agree with Hubble’s theories since they were based on his own theories!(Burgess,Discovery)

As Einstein got older, he got smarter. By 1914, he was a professor and studied light, and he had a theory that light bends as it travels. Right away the media was aware, and Albert had to deny multiple publicity shots. After about two years of research, he finally caught light bending

This idea challenged the standard physical theory of the time. He was bound to have skeptics, people who would severely doubt his idea. His general relativity sums up his special relativity and Newton's law of universal gravitation, providing a unified description of gravity as a geometric property of space and time, or spacetime. In particular, the curvature of spacetime is directly related to the energy and momentum of whatever matter and radiation is present. The relation is specified by the Einstein field equations, a system of partial differential

Albert Einstein is considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. He is known for developing the theories of relativity. He is also noted for his mathematical formula of E = mc² (David Bodanis). Although he was not directly involved in the Manhattan Project, which was responsible for creating the atomic bomb, but he is still considered the mastermind because of his breakthrough formula. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect (A. Calaprice & T. Lipscombe).

Albert Einstein, born on March 14, 1879 is one of the most influential people of the modern era. (Einstein) As a physicist he changed

The third paper was on electrodynamics of moving bodies. It became known as the theory of relativity. It explains how matter and radiation interact with one another. With these well thought out papers Albert Einstein had solved the unanswered problems of the world. He wanted to learn more and began to try and answer the questions of the universe. In 1939 Einstein connected with other scientists and wrote a letter to the president, Franklin D.

The effect relativity had on literature was that it gave a new way of viewing objects moving at speeds near light. What a person sees depends on their viewpoint. Relativity states that as an object moves faster from a relatively stationary point the object becomes warped, or a plane that flies 'straight" over a merry-go-round would appear curved to the rider. These are two examples of the way relativity causes someone to think. The biggest direct effect on literature was that relativity made time travel possible. Before Einstein was thought to be a fantastic yet impossible feat. Relativity only solved half the problem, time travel into the future. This occurs through time dilation. The