Interesting article about what Einstein's theory of Relativity has contributed to the world as it turns 100 years old. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/einstein-general-relativity-1.3334540
Wormholes, warp speed, space-time anomalies — science fiction wouldn't be the same without Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. And in the real world, we would probably also notice a few things missing from our lives. The German-born physicist finished presenting his groundbreaking theory to the scientific world at the Prussian Academy of Sciences exactly 100 years ago today. It was a simple, elegant set of equations that described space-time as a stretchy, flexible fabric, and gravity as deformations in space-time rather than a "force." |