by Gary S. Berger | Jun 30, 2024 | Original Essay
Einstein photograph signed and dated 1955Image reproduced from EINSTEIN: THE MAN AND HIS MIND, page 193. “For us physicists, the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” Albert Einstein, 1955. One month...
by Gary S. Berger | Jun 20, 2024 | Original Essay
Light Clocks in Stationary and Moving Frames of Reference Albert Einstein based his special theory of relativity on the concept that the speed of light is a universal constant. The invariance of light’s speed led him to conclude that time varies depending on one’s...
by Gary S. Berger | Jun 9, 2024 | Original Essay
Albert Einstein radically changed our understanding of time. His theory of relativity replaced Newton’s concept of time as universal and constant. Einstein proposed that time is a dynamic and malleable physical dimension rather than a backdrop against which events...
