Special and General Relativity (Cont.)
This is the way that his theory works.
General Relativity proposed that gravity, as well as motion, can affect time and space. For the most part the predictions of General Relativity and Newtonian gravity are very similar. General Relativity Special Relativity is the limiting case of General Relativity where all gravitational fields are weak.
Special Relativity proposed that distance and time are not absolute. General Relativity is applied to the structure and evolution of the universe as a whole. Time and space are perceived differently and the way Einstein described it for objects moving near the Speed of Light. Einstein made a quote that helps explain relativity better, "When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute - and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity”. One of the most surprising features of special relativity is that a number of statements and results which we usually think to be absolute turn out to be observer-dependent.
Special Relativity proposed that distance and time are not absolute. General Relativity is applied to the structure and evolution of the universe as a whole. Time and space are perceived differently and the way Einstein described it for objects moving near the Speed of Light. Einstein made a quote that helps explain relativity better, "When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute - and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity”. One of the most surprising features of special relativity is that a number of statements and results which we usually think to be absolute turn out to be observer-dependent.