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    Albert Einstein
    The Theory of Relativity
    Maad M. Mijwel
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    February 2018
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    released. Or when heavy atomic nuclei decay - some of the


    In 1915, Albert Einstein revolutionized physics. He described
    in the General Theory of Relativity how gravity arises when mass has been converted to energy, the end products are
    space and time writhe. slightly lighter than all the ingredients.
    How come?
    Before the theory of relativity existed, it was thought that
    space and time are absolute. They do not change. They went in
    search of the "absolute cosmic platform", something to which
    one can relate his speed. As a person on the train goes at 5 km
    / h. But compared to the platform at 105 km / h, when the train
    itself runs at 100 km / h. It was thought that the "ether" would
    be such a suitable quiet thing. It fills the entire universe, is
    absolutely transparent, because the light penetrates, and is the
    carrier of light, which has a very high speed - so the ether
    would have to be extremely "tough", because only so a
    substance allows such high speeds. Michelson-Morley set out
    with a famous experiment to search for this ether - and they
    proved that it does not exist. There is therefore no absolute
    speed, only relative speeds of objects to each other. If you
    In November 1915 Albert Einstein explained a radically new think that over, and Einstein did that, you get very peculiar
    world view to the Prussian Academy of Sciences with the results that made a change in the physical world picture
    General Theory of Relativity. Accordingly, masses and rays of necessary.
    light do not merely move through space and time - space and
    The requirements
    time themselves merge into a structure that constantly curves
    and changes. Heavy bodies distort their geometry, even light The theory of relativity assumes that the speed of light is
    then runs on curved tracks. Extreme consequences are such always and everywhere the same: around 300,000 km /
    exotic objects as black holes, the researchers have not s. That's 7 1/2 times around the earth in one second. And in
    understood until today, or gravitational waves whose direct addition, something amazing: Whether you fire a flashlight
    detection still failed. And how Einstein's cosmos could be from a fast spaceship, or from a moving train, or from the
    reconciled with the equations of quantum physics - this will armchair in the room - it always has this timidity. From this
    probably be one of the greatest tasks of theoretical physics of Einstein concluded:
    the current century. Details
    The theory of relativity is essentially about experiencing two When a traveler moves relative to an observer, the observer
    objects that move relative to one another, hence the name: will notice:
    theory of relativity. The effects of relativity occur only at high
    speeds, at velocities comparable to the speed of light: time 1. The time of the traveler is extended.
    increases, scales shorten, and the mass of the moving object
    increases. This is described in the "special theory of 2. Its distances in flight direction are shortened.
    relativity". The second possibility: they occur in the presence
    3. The mass of the traveler increases.
    of large masses. This is described in the "general theory of
    relativity". 4. The "simultaneity" is also not very clear. What is
    2 simultaneous, when light needs time to move through
    In addition: E = mc , which means that energy is "equivalent"
    the universe?
    to the mass. Energy can be converted to mass, and vice
    versa. This is the so-called "mass defect". When light atomic These are the effects of the "special theory of relativity". It
    nuclei fuse (hydrogen to helium), the final product is slightly describes the behavior of space and time from the point of
    lighter, some of the mass has been converted to energy and
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    view of observers moving relative to each other and the not be able to cover the 20 km to the ground at this time. And
    phenomena associated with it. yet they are measured. There are two arguments for this - the
    first from the point of view of muons: "Our time passes much
    Based on this, the "general theory of relativity" traces more slowly because we are so fast, so we manage to reach the
    gravitation back to a curvature of space and time. It is caused ground in the extended time". Or from our point of view,
    by the masses involved. Just as a billiard ball pushes a rubber observers: "The fact that the muons are so fast, shrinks the
    mat down, masses in the universe change the space-time (a distance they have to fly to reach the earthquake. In their short
    texture that can be thought of as a "rubber mat"). half-life, they manage the short distance well.
    The theory of relativity thus deals with the structure of space And then: the sun. It "generates" its energy with energy-mass
    and time and the nature of gravitation. For the first time, space equivalence. It converts a lot of matter into energy per second
    and time are not seen as something solid, but as something and radiates through it.
    changeable.
    Oh yes, the twin paradox says that twins - separated at birth -
    Einstein published the special theory of relativity in 1905 and are different ages, when one of them flies through the universe
    the general relativity theory in 1915. His theories were no and then they see each other again. This is a thought
    longer clearly understandable, but needed a fair amount of experiment - analogous to the case with the two clocks from
    mathematics to understand them rudimentarily. which one lets fly.
    And who says that's all right?
    On the one hand atomic clocks. They are very accurate. Two
    of them are juxtaposed and synchronized. Then one of them
    flies around with a plane for a long time. Then you compare
    both again - and by the movement is the flown something
    "younger", it lacks a few millionths of a second.

    On the other hand, particle accelerator. They are built to


    accelerate elementary particles at speeds approaching the
    speed of light. Their mass then increases according to
    Einstein's Theory of Relativity. The plants must be built
    accordingly, otherwise the things pop on the wall.

    And muons: these are elementary particles that are created in


    the upper atmosphere by the collision of cosmic radiation with
    air particles. Their half-life is very low, actually they should

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