theory of relativity

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This streamlined version—co-written with Leonard Mlodinow, a physicist and popular-science author—retains explanations of vital topics, such as the curvature of spacetime and Einstein’s theory of relativity, but dispenses with the drier sections.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the American University of Beirut now suggest an answer, and it points to Einstein's general theory of relativity.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

Today's standard picture of the universe is built on Einstein's general theory of relativity and the standard model of particle physics.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026

Albert Einstein expanded on this in 1916, describing gravitational waves as ripples in the fabric of space-time in his general theory of relativity.

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2025

Finally, in 1915, he proposed what we now call the general theory of relativity.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking