oct 21, 1916 - Albert Einstein
Description:
publishes his General Theory of Relativity, in which he unifies special relativity and Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, and describes gravity as a property of the curvature of four-dimensional space-time. Objects (including planets, like the Earth, for instance) fly freely under their own inertia through warped space-time, following curved paths because this is the shortest possible path in warped space.Added to timeline:
Date:
oct 21, 1916
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~ 109 years ago