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100 years later, Einstein's theory of relativity stands strong

Paul Halpern
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It is not often that a centenarian is just as spry and vital as the day she was born, but that's the case with the general theory of relativity.

This month we are celebrating exactly 100 years since the meeting in which Albert Einstein announced the completion of his masterful theory of how gravity works. His grand theory relating the geometry of space and time to the matter and energy within it represents an extraordinary triumph of the human imagination.

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