Why Relativity Exists

  Abstract: This paper provides the reason for the existence of relativity that Einstein himself never realised. In the theory of relativity, time and space distort depending on our state of motion, while the speed of light always remains constant. Einstein considered the constancy of the speed of light as a postulate that cannot be explained. This so-called postulate, however, is actually not a fundamental law of nature because there is an underlying explanation for it: We perceive the speed of … Continue reading Why Relativity Exists