could anybody explain Albert Einstein's theory of relativity?

Question

I know the formula but I can't make sense of it.

Answer 1

There are actually two parts to the "theory of relativity".

The General and the Special Relativity.
General relativity was developed by Einstein in the years 1911 - 1915. General relativity is a geometrical theory which postulates that the presence of matter "curves" spacetime, and this curvature affects the path of free particles (and even the path of light). It uses the mathematics of differential geometry and tensors in order to describe gravitation without the use of the force of gravity. This theory considers all observers to be equivalent, not only those moving with uniform speed.

Albert Einstein's 1905 paper "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" introduced the special theory of relativity. Special relativity considers that observers in inertial reference frames, which are in uniform motion relative to one another, cannot perform any experiment to determine which one of them is "stationary". This is known as the principle of relativity. While this principle was not new to Albert Einstein's work, he found that including electromagnetism in this principle required a new formalism with many surprising consequences. In particular, it required the speed of light in a vacuum to be the same for all these observers, regardless of their motion or the motion of the source of the light.

One of the strengths of special relativity is that it can be derived from only two premises:

* The laws of physics are the same in any inertial 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 speed of light in a vacuum is constant (specifically, 299,792,458 meters per second).

Answer 2

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Answer 3

If you travel at the speed of light the Time, which Einstein considered to be the fourth dimension, will stop for you.

Answer 4

the theory of relativity e=mcsquared what it means is that the energy neccessary to accelerate something to the speed of light is equal to the mass of the object time the speed of light in centimeters squared.

Answer 5

If it is not moving, and you do not push it, drag it or the wind does not blow it. It is not going anywhere. If on the other hand it is moving: Gravity, the brakes, the tree it hits or (other objects) will make it stop.

Energy will run out=It stops
Energy will make it go

Answer 6

when something accelarate, it's length decreases and will reach 0 at the speed of light. It's mass also increases reaching infinte at the speed of light.

Answer 7

Now if I could explain that, I'd be an "Einstein" wouldn't I?

Answer 8

there isnt one almighty formula dude the theory of relativity is a huge tihng involving hundreds of formulas..what you ahve is probably just one of them a tiny peice of the theory of relitivity like e=mc^2..thats not the theory of relativity its just part liek watever you have..

Answer 9

Why didn't you Google or Wikipedia it? You'll get a short and sweet synopsis, and more if you want it. You could also try About.com.

Answer 10

can i or will i? just kidding, i don't have a freaking clue. good luck with that!