Monday and Thursday 12:15–13:45 in M4. Tutorial Friday 14:15–15:45 in SR4. After a quick introduction to Special Relativity (mechanics and electrodynamics at a finite speed of light, mathematically ...

Paul March comment: the GRT and QM worlds will ultimately be combined into a coherent “Quantum Gravity” theory that will better explain our current M-E experimental results and will lead the way to ...

Retrace the thought experiments that inspired his theory on the nature of reality. On November 25th, 1915, Einstein published his greatest work: general relativity. The theory transformed our ...

Series Abstract: This masterclass consists of three paired lectures and discussions on the cutting edge of research in the philosophical foundations of general relativity, our best current theory of ...

BOULDER- Black holes, time travel and E= mc^2. They are all related to Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity. How many of us, though, can actually explain any of it? This year, Einstein's theory ...

As an astrophysicist, Jeffrey Bennett grapples with big ideas all the time. When the cosmos is your beat, your thinking has to be as unbounded as a Voyager spacecraft. So in this centennial year of ...

ALBERT EINSTEIN’S contributions to modern physics are unmatched, but his stellar reputation rests above all on a theory he presented to the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin in a series of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity has held up pretty well after a century out in the ...

In June 1915, Albert Einstein traveled from Berlin to Göttingen. There, at the invitation of mathematician David Hilbert, he gave six two-hour lectures at the university on his treatise "The Formal ...

Later authors continued the thought experiment. The French astronomer Camille Flammarion, writing in 1873, envisioned a remote planet with a light-sensitive surface. “We may imagine this world to be ...