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The Theory of Relativity

The theory of relativity was created by Albert Einstein, it has been a very helpful theory to explore new scientific frontiers, and has been very helpful to many scientists over history. The theory of relativity was created by Albert Einstein in the early 1900s. It has been used to explore black holes and the stars exploding. The theory of relativity is the warping or bending of space and time.

In 1940 einstein created a gravity theory the next one since newton. He proved during a solar eclipse the sun reflected light from other stars. Einsteins theory of time and space proposed that distance and time are not absolute. The main idea of general relativity is the equivalence principle. The equivalence principle explains that gravity pulling in one direction is the same as acceleration pulling in the opposite direction. General relativity is used to explore regions of space. It has proved the existance of black holes. That they are created by a small shift in space and time and the explosion of stars. Gravity is equal to acceleration, motion affects the measurements of space and time so gravity affects space and time. This is how Einstein was able to come up with the theory of relativity.

Robert Oppenheimer and Hartland Snyder used the theory of general relativity to prove the existence of black holes. Alexander Friedman used einsteins theory of relativity to come up with the big bang theory. Even though Einstein's theory was used to discover black holes he did not beleive in them himself.

The theory of relativity has been very helpful for scientist to discover some of the greatest mysteries of space. It has enspired many great theories based off of it. The theory of relativity was also inspired by issac newtons gravitational theory.

Work Cited:   Lightman, Alan. "NOVA | Einstein's Big Idea | Relativity (Lightman Essay) |." __PBS__. 27 Jan. 2009 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/relativity/ It is very informative about the history of Einstein and the theory of relativity and what it is used for.     "Theory of relativity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." __Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia__. 4 Feb. 2009. 5 Feb. 2009 . Theory: Special Relativity (SLAC VVC)." __SLAC Public Website Server__. 27 Jan. 2009  <                 [[       http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/theory/relativity.htmlIt   It is very descriptive of the theory of relativity and the concepts about it.    Wolfe, Joe. "Einstein Light." __Einstein__ Light. Ed. George Hatsidimitris. The University New South Wales. 2 Feb. 2009 <    [|www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/]        >. It gives you a lot of links with a lot of valuable information.