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General relativity

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The geometric theory of gravitation presented by Albert Einstein in 1915 is known as general relativity, sometimes referred to as the general theory of relativity and Einstein’s theory of gravity. It serves as the current explanation of gravitation in contemporary physics. A coherent explanation of gravity as a geometric feature of space and time, or … Read more

European science in the Middle Ages

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The study of mathematics, natural philosophy, and the natural world were all part of medieval European science. Christian Western Europe was cut off from a significant source of ancient knowledge with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the subsequent drop in Greek language proficiency. Early Middle Ages Western Europe would witness a period … Read more