The Equation That Blew Up The Cosmos : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR
To a large extent, the equation also changed the way we understand
ourselves, as suddenly, from its folded mathematical convolutions, the
universe itself became a dynamic, evolving entity, endowed with a
history. Within this history, the birth and death of stars, and the
creation of the chemical elements and their gathering into complex
compounds in nascent planets, became a persistent feature. Life unfolded
here, as it could have elsewhere, as part of this grand cosmic drama of
which we are integral players. Big Bang, black holes, warped spacetime,
wormholes, time machines, even our GPS devices all depend in some way
on Einstein's remarkable creation, a new way to describe gravity.
