A bit of background on Einstein Albert Einstein was a German physicist and Jew born on March 14, 1879 whose discoveries helped to open up a new world of physics. When Einstein was a kid, he had a speech disorder, but he was very good at math and had a very curious mind. When Einstein was 5 or 6, he got sick, so a father bought him a compass, which made him wonder how the needle of his compass always points in the same direction. This really got Einstein interested in science. When Einstein was an adult, he was working in the Swiss Patent Office at Bern. A few years after working at the patent office, it was Einstein's miracle year: 1905. Relativity In his miracle year, 1905, he made his 5 theories about relativity. Relativity states that everything in this universe, including space and time, is relative to one another. Theory 1: General Relativity So what is general relativity exactly? General relativity states that space and time are woven into a 4D...