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...n 1945, 3rd edition in 1950, 4th edition in 1953, and 5th edition in 1955. Einstein added for the 2nd edition an appendix entitled ''On the "Cosmological Probl ...(or perhaps, more correctly, the "three dimensional" relativity of Newton) Einstein lays the foundation for "four dimensional" relativity primarily from the po ...

...''''' is a book written by [[Martin Gardner]] to explain [[Albert Einstein|Einstein's]] [[w:Special relativity|special theory of relativity]] and [[w:General r ...view. The reason Michelson and Morley were unable to detect an ether wind, Einstein said, is simple: ''There is no ether wind''. He did not say that there was ...

...Bang]]. The cosmological constant <math>\Lambda</math> appears in the {{w|Einstein field equations}} in the form of <math>R_{\mu \nu} -\frac{1}{2}R\,g_{\mu \n ...is consistent view, we admittedly had to introduce an extension of the [[w:Einstein field equations|field equations of gravitation]], which is not justified by ...

...or '''GTR''') is the geometric theory of gravitation published by [[Albert Einstein]] in 1915 and the current description of gravitation in modern [[physics]]. * Although [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]]'s general theory of relativity predicts that there can exist... a singula ...

...ial theory of relativity of 1905, developed by his former student [[Albert Einstein]], could be understood geometrically as a theory of four-dimensional [[Spac ** as quoted by [[w:Dennis Overbye|Dennis Overbye]], ''Einstein in Love: A Scientific Romance'' (2001) ...

...ding the relationship between [[w:Spacetime|space and time]]. In [[Albert Einstein]]'s original pedagogical treatment, it is based on two postulates: ...]'s work in 1905. [[Hendrik Lorentz|Lorentz]], Poincare, [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]] and others did not refer to Voigt's paper in their works. It appears that ...

...rley experiment}}''' was performed over the spring and summer of 1887 by [[Albert A. Michelson]] and {{w|Edward W. Morley}} at what is now Case Western Reser ** [[Albert A. Michelson]], "The Relative motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous ethe ...

...[[Richard Feynman|Dick]] tremendously, but I did not believe he could beat Einstein at his own game. ...ppeared — the quantization of gauge fields. The electromagnetic field, the Einstein gravitational field, the Yang-Mills field and the chiral field can serve as ...

...he falling material would... arrive at the center... But [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]]'s equations have the peculiar consequence... permanent freefall without e ...the radius of the universe. ...we base our treatment on [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]]'s [[General relativity|General Theory of Relativity]]. This theory leads ...

...told me is your interpretation of [[Dennis Sciama]]'s interpretation of [[Einstein]]'s interpretation of Mach. And he said you're quite right. I’ve never read ...problems and... seven years later... independently... '''[[Albert Einstein|Einstein]] and Poincaré... solved... the problem of defining definition at spatially ...

...ent consisted of standing for 15 minutes in front of the house that Albert Einstein had lived in. It turned out that we were to learn physics from the top down ...th among theoretical physicists, enunciated forcefully by [[Alber Einstein|Einstein]] among others, that the fundamental laws should be orderly and simple, rat ...

:<small>included in ''Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist'', ed. {{w|Paul Arthur Schilpp}}.</small> ...of interpreting cosmological solutions to the [[w:Einstein field equations|Einstein equations]], in particular separating time (which determined the evolution ...

...in [[physics]], usually encompasses two interrelated theories by [[Albert Einstein]]: [[special relativity]] and [[general relativity]]. Special relativity ap ...perplexity in childhood, which we soon outgrow; and a time will come when Einstein's amazing revelations have likewise sunk into the commonplaces of educated ...

...)...</center>This general picture was first suggested by [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]]... The units are now called ''[[photon]]s''... [T]he spreading of light b ...stein|Einstein]] spent most of his later years unsuccessfully searching... Einstein refused to believe in the reality of quantum mechanics, despite the importa ...

...ions]] which formed the basis of the special relativity theory of [[Albert Einstein]]. He was Chairman of the [[w:International Committee on Intellectual Coope ...e of the Earth’s Motion of Luminiferous Phenomena'', in A. Miller’s Albert Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity, p. 20 ...

...[[w:Max Jammer|Max Jammer]], ''Concepts of Simultaneity: From Antiquity to Einstein and Beyond'' (2008) ...s; indeed, the '''classical theory is now regarded as the limiting form of Einstein's theory when the velocity of light becomes infinite.''' But as there is a ...

...feature of this new law which is quite easy to understand is this: In the Einstein relativity theory, anything which has energy has mass—mass in the sense tha ...this is not true, and that the mass of a body increases with velocity. In Einstein’s corrected formula m has the value <math>m=\frac {{m}_{{0}}}{\sqrt{{1-v^2/ ...

** [[Albert Einstein]], ''Autobiographical Notes'' (1946) Tr. {{w|Paul Arthur Schilpp}}. ...y {{w|Gerald Holton}}, ''Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein'' (1973)<!--p. 241, 1988 revised edition--> ...

...Bergmann|Peter G. Bergmann]], ''The Riddle of Gravitation: From Newton to Einstein to Today's Exciting Theories'' (1968) ** [[Albert Einstein]], Statement of the [[w:equivalence principle|equivalence principle]] in '' ...

** [[Albert Einstein]], as quoted by [[Robert Jastrow]], "Have Astronomers" ''The New York Times * In 1917 [[Willem de Sitter|de Sitter]] showed that [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]]'s field equations could be solved by a model that was completely empty ap ...