2006-09-14 09:33:54 · 28 answers · asked by jake m 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
There are two theories of relativity. General and Special. An overall theory of Relativity was origionally theorised by Galileo Galilee. However it is Albert Einstein that takes the credit. It was Albert Einstein that proved that Gravity, Acceleration and Time are all connected.
Just for your information, Special Relativity is about how travelling at speeds very close to the speed of light (I mean about 75% before anything noticeable starts to happen) time appears to run slower for certain observers.
General Relativity is the most complicated theory. This theory deals with the effects of Gravity (and acceleration) on time. A quick example, an observer caught in an intense gravitational field, i.e. close to the surface of the Sun, would see that time around him is running very fast, whereas an observer outside the Sun would see that time for the observer inside the Sun is running very slowly.
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2006-09-17 23:56:26 · answer #1 · answered by Chris A 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Albert Einstein
2006-09-14 16:35:04 · answer #2 · answered by xrionx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Einstein
2006-09-14 16:35:29 · answer #3 · answered by maxxfundu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The theory of relativity, or simply relativity, refers specifically to two theories: Albert Einstein's special relativity and general relativity.
The term "relativity" was coined by Max Planck in 1908 to emphasize how special relativity (and later, general relativity) uses the principle of relativity.
2006-09-18 13:28:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour and it seems shorter than a minute. But tell that same man to sit on a hot stove for a minute, it is longer than any hour. That's relativity.
Albert Einstein
2006-09-15 02:06:19 · answer #5 · answered by Ω Nookey™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Conventional history attributes it to Albert Einstein. However, a series of letters between Einstein and his wife (a very capable scientist in her own right) suggest that she was just as much responsible for coming up with the theory than he was.
2006-09-14 16:37:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Albert Einstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_relativity
2006-09-14 16:44:01 · answer #7 · answered by marine_biologist2005 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Albert Einstein, whilst sitting under a tree after an apple hit him on the head so the story goes.
2006-09-14 16:49:18 · answer #8 · answered by DIGGER 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Albert Einstein developed it from 1907 - 1915
2006-09-14 16:39:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clearly the answer is Einstien. I would like to point out the fact that like most great advances in science, Einstien built his ideas off of the work of many other scientists that came before him as well as his own experiments and ideas. The puzzle pieces were pretty much there, Einstien put them together, which in itself, is a great feat.
2006-09-14 17:16:56 · answer #10 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋