Physics

How Einstein’s general theory of relativity killed off common-sense physics

How Einstein’s general theory of relativity killed off common-sense physics

Gravity ties our bodies to planet Earth but it does not define the limits of the soaring human mind. In November 1915 – exactly one century ago – this was proven to be true when Albert Einstein, in a series of lectures at the Prussian Academy of Sciences, presented a theory that would revolutionise how we view gravity – and physics itself.