Theory Of Relativity
- Year(s) Officially Discovered: 1905 to 1916
- Discovery Put Into Action: Though Theorized For Decades, It Was Applied By The 1960s For NASA
- Team/Person Behind The Discovery: Albert Einstein
Many believe Albert Einstein is one of the single greatest thinkers and geniuses in world history. It is not hard to see why through his impressive work. One of which involves the Theory of Relativity. Honestly, it is not really even a theory anymore as it has been proven factual. It actually involves two different concepts: General Relativity & Special Relativity. They basically work hand-in-hand with each other, so we loop them into the entire Relativity sector.
Special Relativity involves an absence of gravity, while General Relativity explains the law of gravitation itself and how this relates to other forces of nature. With this, Einstein figured out that time & space were interwoven into one, single continuity that we call it Space-Time. Basically, things that happen for one viewer of an astrological event may happen at a different time for another. This same theory found that massive objects cause distortions to space-time. All of this was figured out beginning with one, iconic equation: E=MC2. This is clearly one of the world’s greatest discoveries, which even helped us go into space!