[Special Issue News] General Relativity: The comic book

In 1915, Albert Einstein explained that the force of gravity arises when mass and energy warp space and time, or spacetime. Freefalling objects then follow the straightest possible paths, or geodesics, in that warped spacetime, which to us appear as the arcing trajectory of a thrown ball or the elliptical orbit of a planet. Einstein labored for years to translate this notion into a mathematically consistent theory. But anybody can understand how Einstein arrived at the basic idea. All we need to do is to follow his mental footsteps—which led him up an imaginary building and off of its roof. Bring your cape and take the plunge!
Author: Adrian Cho

Source: Science: This Week - March 6, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Adrian Cho Source Type: research