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Essay / Einstein's Relativity and Its Influences - 1103
The theory of relativity is the basic theory on the space-time continuum and gravitation that was primarily established by the greatest theoretical physicist Albert Einstein. Depending on the areas it aims to describe, Einstein's theory of relativity can be classified into special relativity (space-time) and general relativity (gravitation) 1. The theory of relativity, just like quantum mechanics, has had a revolutionary impact on the foundations of relativity. modern physics and thus had an impact on modern technology. And it impacted people's "common sense" understanding of the universe through its new concepts such as four-dimensional spaces and curved space. The influence of relativity on traditional physics has taken physics to a new level and completely changed our minds. The principle of special relativity emphasized that Newtonian mechanics and Maxwell's electrodynamics are covariant to the Lorentz transformation and therefore can be unified. And the principle of general covariance which extends from general relativity has led physics to the non-inertial system. Thus, both at the restricted and general level, the theory of relativity has logically made physics a complete and perfect scientific system. Besides its contribution to physics, Einstein's relativity also provided many scientific bases for certain breakthroughs and new technologies. We can divide the influences into two aspects. First, special relativity describes the laws of motion of an object moving at high speed. Meanwhile, he proposed the mass-energy relationship which is E=mc^2 (E=energy m=mass c=speed of light). Although Einstein did not believe in quantum mechanics2, his mass-energy relationship nevertheless contributed to its establishment. This relationship also constructed the mathematical model...... middle of paper......, but this cannot be achieved in practice. And some recent research has shown that our space may be a complex, multi-connected framework, so there are shortcuts called wormholes. The gravitational lensing effect predicted by general relativity makes the search for black holes, dark matter and dark energy possible for astronomers8. The technologies discussed above may still be too far from our daily lives, but in reality the application of Einstein's relativity is flooded with so many technologies. things around us, such as the smoke detector, the screen, etc. Through all the impacts of Einstein's relativity on our modern lives, the techniques and even our minds discussed above, we can see how important Einstein's relativity is to us and how much we have gained. And the great ideas that arise from it will continually challenge the human mind and the arguments surrounding it will improve our science..