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E=mc" A two page report on Albert Einstein's theory of relativity with resource listed.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 00:10:05
E=mc"
Born in 1879 in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany, Albert Einstein was considered a quite child who was raised by his German Jewish family.
Einstein's formula, which describes the relationship between energy (E), mass (m) and the speed of light (c), derives from Einstein's special theory of relativity. This theory postulates that time and space are relative, how we measure time and space depends on our state of motion relative to other
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extent a light beam would be bent when it passes near the sun. This prediction was confirmed by observations made by an expedition led by the British astronomer Arthur Eddington during a total eclipse of the sun in May 1919. It was the announcement of the confirmation of this prediction, which thrust celebrity status upon Einstein overnight in November 1919.
Resources
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Einstein.html
http://www.aip.org/history/einstein
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