How did Einstein come to the Conclusion of Spacetime?

TimeInquirer · Jul 8, 2014

What led Albert Einstein to conclude that space and time were not two separate entities but merely one spacetime. Also, has there been experiment to prove this notion?

A.T. · Jul 8, 2014

TimeInquirer said:

What led Albert Einstein to conclude that space and time were not two separate entities but merely one spacetime.

It was Hermann Minkowski:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Minkowski#Work_on_relativity

TimeInquirer said:

Also, has there been experiment to prove this notion?

It's just a geometrical interpretation of Special Relativity, not a theory on it's own that makes testable predictions.

How did Einstein come to the Conclusion of Spacetime?

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