From Newtonian Gravity to Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
By PhD. Andrew Tolley. What did Einstein do to Newton's apple? It rolled far from the tree to become a side consequence of the curvature of four-dimensional space-time! Scientists were impressed when General Relativity correctly predicted how light bends around the sun and the way Mercury acts when close to the sun. But even more mind boggling is that it predicted black holes and the Big Bang!
| From Newtonian Gravity to Einstein's Theory of General Relativity |
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