“Thus the rigid four-dimensional space-time continuum of the special theory of relativity is replaced by a space-time continuum which is curved in a non-Euclidean manner.”
— Albert Einstein
Why It's Lindy
The theory has been confirmed by every experiment designed to test it. GPS satellites require relativistic corrections to function. This is what correct physics looks like.
About This Volume
Einstein's own account of the revolution he had set in motion, written for the educated non-specialist. Few documents in intellectual history are simultaneously as consequential and as readable. The universe described here — curved spacetime, mass-energy equivalence — is the universe we actually inhabit.
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Why should I read Relativity: The Special and General Theory?
The theory has been confirmed by every experiment designed to test it. GPS satellites require relativistic corrections to function. This is what correct physics looks like.
What is Relativity: The Special and General Theory about?
Einstein's own account of the revolution he had set in motion, written for the educated non-specialist. Few documents in intellectual history are simultaneously as consequential and as readable. The universe described here — curved spacetime, mass-energy equivalence — is the universe we actually inhabit.
