Einstein Publishes Relativity: Gravity Rewritten for Ages
Albert Einstein unveils his general theory of relativity, redefining gravity not as a force but as the curvature of spacetime caused by mass. This breakthrough allows physicists to predict phenomena like light bending around stars, fundamentally altering our understanding of the universe's structure.
March 20, 1916
110 years ago
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