PaulK

Theory of Relativity Leading to New Ideas
The theory of relativity has allowed our society to advance in technological fiets and has contributed to the knowlege of scientific research. People differentiate the theory of relativity into three main sectors; special, general, and galilean. On November 1919 Einstein's theory of relativity was growing when he saw an eclipse. His experiment had shown that lights rays from distant stars were deflected by the gravity of the sun. General relativity proposed that gravity and motion can effect the intervals of time and space. This means that when gravity is pulling down on us their is acceleration in the other direction. (makes it equivalent) If there were a larger gravitational mass this would affect many things such as a clock ticking. This is according to the special relativity. Two things that general relativity hasn't proven is the existence of black holes and gravity on the entire universe. The theory of relativity has lead many new ideas such the Big Bang Theory.

Accorinding to Stanford University the two statements that describe Einstein's theory are:
 * 1) "The speed of light is the same for all observers, no matter what their relative speeds."
 * 2) "The laws of physics are the same in any inertial (that is, non-accelerated) frame of reference. This means that the laws of physics observed by a hypothetical observer traveling with a relativistic particle must be the same as those observed by an observer who is stationary in the laboratory."

The Big Bang Theory was created because of the idea of releativity. Friedmann explored Einstein's research and it ended up leading him to the big bang theory. Friedmann based the theory of relativity to the evoultion of the Earth. Friedmann used one of Einstein's equations to find that the Earth began with a very high temperature and density. He found that in time the Earth would expand. One of his greatest findings was his idea that the Earth was over 10 billion years old. (PBS)

Scientist have been able to mock what Einstein did and everytime they do his experiment the results line up with his. The only thing left to believe is that his results are correct. His equations have been used in many other experiments and have proven accuracy. Einstein's theory of relativity has lead to a great technolgical fiet. His theory has allowed us to believe in many other theories. According to PBS it would have been a couple decades until another genius would have discovered the theory of relativity.(Nova) Because of the theory of relativity scientists have been able to research black holes and many other types of cosmos. This type of research could lead into a large astronomical event in the future. I happen to know that a small black hole was created in Iceland but it wasn't really a black hole. Stuff like this could be on the rise in the future. The first black hole was beleived to found in 1970. It was about 7,000 light years away. Black holes are still a myth but photos have been taken and seem to be real. If true a blackhole could be 10 millions times the size of the sun. (PBS)

Relativity has allowed our society to advance in technological fiets and has contributed to the knowlege of scientific research. In the future we as students could be the next ones coming up with ideas generated from the theory of relativivity. The future is still to come and who knows what it holds in stores for us. There could be plenty of other new ideas tocome or even the thoery could be proven wrong.

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"General relativity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." __Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia__. 3 Feb. 2009. 5 Feb. 2009 <  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_relativity   >. Wikipedia is a reliable source for pictures. The pictures clearly demonstrate relativity. Most pictures taken from Wikipedia are not copyrighted. The site itself gives plenty of information about the theory of relativity but I only used it for poctures.  Lightman, Alan. "NOVA | Einstein's Big Idea | Relativity (Lightman Essay) |." __PBS__. 27 Jan. 2009  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/relativity/    Gives information about Einstein's research about relativity. We also learn about cosmos. We get to learn about the understanding of how Einstein got his ideas. This site is credible because the author is a proffessor at MIT. The website is also created by PBS/Nova so we know it is most likley credible.     Theory: Special Relativity (SLAC VVC)." __SLAC Public Website Server__. 27 Jan. 2009 <          http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/theory/relativity.html>.         The information from this website is credible because it is from Stanford University. The website gives us plenty of imformation about the theory of relativity. The website not only gives us a lot of information but also contains equations and examples of relativity. My favorite part from the website are the two bullets that sum up the theory of relativity.

 Wolfe, Joe. "Einstein Light." __Einstein__ Light. Ed. George Hatsidimitris. The University New South Wales. 2 Feb. 2009 < [|www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/]    >. Proffessor Wolfe gives us an in depth description of the theory of relativity. He also gives us many facts about other people other than Einstein that have helped contribute information. We are also given many diagrams to aid in the understanding of relativity. The information is credible because the author is a proffessor at the U. of South Wales. The information is also similar to other websites. 