General relativity (GR) is the geometrical theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1916. It unifies Einstein's earlier special relativity with Sir Isaac Newton's law of universal ...

In Newtonian physics, space and time had their independent identities, and nobody ever got them mixed up. It was with the theory of relativity, put together in the early 20th century, that talking ...

EVER since Albert Einstein struggled to present relativity in layman’s terms in 1916, physicists have sought ways to make its counterintuitions accessible. Stannard starts refreshingly with eight ...

HERE is a readable book, excellently translated, for which we have again to thank Mr. H. L. Brose. Though it is called an introduction to the theory of relativity and gravitation, it is more strictly ...

Einstein’s theory of gravity — general relativity — has been very successful for more than a century. However, it has theoretical shortcomings. This is not surprising: the theory predicts its own ...