Einstein’s special relativity, which he formulated in his “miracle year” of 1905, was a theory that revolutionised our ideas of space and time – and ultimately paved the way for some even ...

Einstein received the Nobel Prize for one of the other ideas, but the special theory of relativity has since become the most well-known, perhaps of his career or even the entire field of physics!

Albert Einstein had described the special theory of relativity in 1905. The result of Einstein's thinking about light, this theory introduced brand-new ideas to science. It opened up an entire ...

His theory of special relativity stemmed from his desire to understand the nature of light and what would happen to objects moving near or at the speed of light. This led him to develop the ...

During the latter part of the 20th century, string theory was put forward as a unifying theory of physics foundations. String ...

Special' means ‘in certain circumstances’ – so not including the effect of gravity. It took Einstein 10 years to make the theory work for gravity too, which is how general relativity gets ...

Already unshackled from their Newtonian underpinnings by special relativity ... like string theory, might be tested with observations of the microwave background radiation. Now, with this ...

Cosmic microwave background is a sea of radiation ... The big bang is now orthodoxy, although without a theory than unifies general relativity with quantum theory, we’re stuck in explaining ...

(Photo by Shahar Azran/Getty Images) Relativity Space has a new chief executive – and he doesn’t come from an aerospace background. But, Eric Schmidt does come with experience as the former ...

Einstein's theory of general relativity suggests that the "memory" of ancient events, such as black hole mergers, may be etched into the fabric of space-time by gravitational waves. New research shows ...

Excerpt from the back cover: This book will serve readers as a modern mathematical introduction to the general theory of relativity. Throughout the book, examples, worked out problems, and exercises ...

"One sees in this paradox the germ of the special relativity theory is already contained," Einstein wrote in his "Autobiographical Notes." This "special" theory applies to certain relationships ...