To mark the centennial of Albert Einstein's breakthrough year of 1905, during which he published his theories of special relativity, the photoelectric effect and molecular motion, the UC Davis ...

String theory unifies all the forces of nature. Forces that seem very different, such as gravity and electricity, are deeply ...

Monday and Thursday 12–14 in M4. After a quick introduction to Special Relativity (mechanics and electrodynamics at a finite speed of light, mathematically modelled with a quadratic form of signature ...

BOULDER- Black holes, time travel and E= mc^2. They are all related to Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity. How many of us, though, can actually explain any of it? This year, Einstein's theory ...

“Thus, the general theory of relativity as a logical edifice has finally been completed”—Albert Einstein, November 25, 1915 These words were spoken by Albert Einstein one hundred years ago, concluding ...

Cormac O’Raifeartaigh reviews The Perfect Theory: a Century of Geniuses and the Battle Over General Relativity by Pedro G Ferreira Fighting it out: an artist's impression of two black holes circling ...

ALBERT EINSTEIN’S contributions to modern physics are unmatched, but his stellar reputation rests above all on a theory he presented to the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin in a series of ...

It’s Einstein Tuesday! In honor of the 100th anniversary of General Relativity (which is, technically, Wednesday, because that’s the anniversary of the fourth in a series of lectures Einstein gave, ...

In this video, we explore Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, focusing on his insights into gravity and ...