Relativity: a timeline

Based on an article in The Economist Magazine of November 28, 2015.
10 June 1854: Riemann lectures on non-Euclidian Geometry

Drama of the Discovery

October 1900: Max Planck announces his radiation formula, the foundation of Quantum Theory

Physics of the Universe

University Nebraska-Lincoln
UC Davis
1905: Einstein Announces Special Relativity
Origins of Relativity

Special Theory of Relativity
Clocks and Rods
Adding Velocities
Simultaneity
Paradoxical?
Kinematics and Dynamics
Einstein's Path to Relativity
November 1915: Einstein Announces General Relativity (accommodates Mercury perturbation)
General Relativity

Cosmology
Relativity as Graphic Novel
The Archives
Phsics of the Universe
1917: Einstein hypohthesizes cosmological constant.
Scholarpedia

S Increasing Relevance
University of Chicago
1919: Eddington observes gravitational lensing
Trip to Principe

Einstein was Right
The Essential Slide Show.
Headstuff
Seeing Dark Matter
1929: Hubble discovers universe expanding
Mount Wilson

The Data
Greatest Blunder

No Blunder After All.

Aug 2, 1939: Einstein writes letter to FDR suggesting atomic bomb
The Letter

The Necessity.
1939: Black Hole Dispute
The Problem

Reluctant Father of Black Holes
Theories
History
Summary
Summary
1963: Relativity and Quasars
Roy Kerr and Black Holes

1963 Conference
Kerr Metric
1964: Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
CMBR

CMBR and the Big Bang
More about the Big Bang
A Popular Concept
1975: Hawking Radiation
Hawking Radiation

Superstrings

As seen on TV
University of Colorado
1960s-Now: Penrose's Twistor Theory
Twistor Theory

An Interview
More about Dr. Penrose