This idea is at the heart of his theory of special relativity, on which much of our modern technology and scientific understanding is based.

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Working on a theory to combine quantum mechanics with Einstein's special relativity, he realised his equations predicted a corresponding anti-particle for every particle in existence - identical in every respect, but with an opposite electrical charge.

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Einstein's special relativity theory that says energy equals mass times the speed of light squared underlies "pretty much everything in modern physics, " said John Ellis, a theoretical physicist at CERN who was not involved in the experiment.

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Another example is in the special theory of relativity which denies all absolutes and meanings of truth.

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The author cannot get through a discussion of Einstein's special theory of relativity without a reference to his own precocity.

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After all, Einstein, in his special theory of relativity, had shown that time slows down for objects moving close to the speed of light.

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