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Remon
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Recently (or a few weeks ago), I've started to take interest in the idea of relativity but after watching many videos and reading a couple of websites, I still don't think that I really understand it. I'm probably not suppose to understand it (or at least not yet) considering that I'm still very young and need a lot of time and dedication (and also be good with numbers) to understand it at least partially. I already know a few things about it such as that Lorentz ether theory (I think) had something to do with it in 1895 (which perhaps Einstein later build more upon it which I think I saw it on a video once, but I'm probably wrong), and I also think that it has another connection with Galilean invariance (which I know almost nothing about), I know that the only way for Einstein to prove this theory was to wait many years for a solar eclipse (which took him many tries too), I know that it proposes that space bends around mass (or gravity I suppose) and that it connects space and time (neither would make sense without the other before the big bang), and I also know that special relativity only applies to objects moving at a constant speed (nothing in the universe moves at a constant speed which is why Einstein had to come up with GR), and lastly, I know that time moves slower the closer you get to the speed of light and moves backwards when you go beyond the speed of light (which is impossible and I don't understand why that would happen too). I'm not sure if any of these assumptions are correct (perhaps you can correct me) but the main reason I created this thread was to hopefully read a simple explanation of both theories (to a certain degree at least), I realize this might be hard to answer accurately without getting complicated or technical, but consider it a challenge :tongue:
And also, try not to use "big" words please :)
And also, try not to use "big" words please :)