Theory of relativity

General relativity

General relativity was published by Einstein in 1916 (submitted as a series of lectures before the Prussian Academy of Sciences November 25 1915). General relativity is a geometrical theory which postulates that the presence of mass and energy "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 gravity. This theory considered all observers to be equivalent, not only those moving at a uniform speed.

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General relativity - 1916 - November 25 - 1915 - Mass - Energy - Spacetime - Differential geometry - Tensor - Gravitation - Gravity

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