Einstein's theory

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Einstein's theory usually refers to his theory of relativity, which transformed physics in the early twentieth century.

Special relativity (1905) established that the speed of light is constant and that time and space are intertwined.

General relativity (1915) described gravity as the curvature of spacetime caused by mass.

Einstein's theory predicted that massive objects bend light.

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Einstein's theoryquantum mechanics

Physics at nanoscopic scales

quantum theory · Copenhagen interpretation · string theory

historical physics paradigms

Einstein's theoryNewtonian mechanics

Theory of motion and force

Newton's laws · classical mechanics · absolute time · Newtonian physics · classical physics

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Bogus methodology posing as factual

junk science · creationism · astrology · phrenology · perpetual motion

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