Tag: Einsteins

with time dilation factor D — time slowing down around an attractor at a rate D (explained more in [1]). For example, near the Sun time slows down at the rate D=1.000002 (for 1 second near the Sun, 1.000002 seconds pass on the Earth). Sounds like not a big differe...

Einstein married Mileva Marić in 1903, and the couple had three children: Lieserl, Hans, and Eduard. Eduard, the youngest child, became seriously depressed and suffered a mental breakdown while studying at the University of Zurich. He was later admitted to a mental institution and diagnosed wit...

He was also known for his unconventional behavior in a variety of ways that flouted social norms, including his unkempt hair, his witty humor, and his unrelenting hatred of socks. But less well-known is Einstein’s freely-given life advice to many of his friends, acquaintances, and contemporari...

Southern bumpkin middle schoolers are on a field trip to see one of the most advanced scientific endeavors in human history. It’s called LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory). These sensors are trying to detect gravitational waves from the other side of the universe....

In Einstein’s general theory of relativity, the field equations relate the geometry of spacetime to the distribution of matter within it. The equations, first published by Einstein in 1915, related the local spacetime curvature (expressed by the Einstein tensor) with the lo...

Aboriginal people of Australia inhabited the continent for, at least, the past 40, 000 years. Mungo Man and the Lady, the oldest human remains from the Willandra Lakes Region in Australia, bear witness to this. Thus, the Aboriginal people had a continuous presence that spanned 40,000 years or more b...