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  1. The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed and published in 1905 and 1915, respectively. [1] Special relativity applies to all physical phenomena in the absence of gravity. General relativity explains the law of gravitation and its ...

  2. Nov 25, 2015 · When Einstein put forward his general theory of relativity, that gravity itself is the bending of space and time by mass and energy, it was a seminal moment in the history of science. Today, the ...

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  4. Mar 14, 2018 · His theory of general relativity, arguably one of the towering achievements of the human intellect, imprinted the plasticity of space and time into the fabric of the universe itself.

  5. Mar 5, 2015 · Reference: Einstein's Theory of General Relativity Philosopher David Hume's 1738 " A Treatise of Human Nature " was a big influence on Einstein's thinking about space and time.

  6. Nov 25, 2015 · Posted Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 1:59pm, updated Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 4:01pm. Albert Einstein's theory of relativity has been explaining how the universe works for the last 100 years (AFP) abc.net.au/news ...

  7. Nov 24, 2015 · Breakthrough moment. Midway through the month, he used the emerging theory to calculate a puzzling anomaly in the motion of Mercury; its egg-shaped orbit changes by 43 seconds of arc per century ...

  8. Relativity - Physics, Time, Space: The impact of relativity has not been limited to science. Special relativity arrived on the scene at the beginning of the 20th century, and general relativity became widely known after World War I—eras when a new sensibility of “modernism” was becoming defined in art and literature. In addition, the confirmation of general relativity provided by the ...