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Albert Einstein
A Jewish scientist
Lived from 1879 to 1955 AD
In 1922 Einstein won Nobel Prize for his work on photons
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Einstein's Theory of Relativity, is a law of gravity
The gravitational force concept is replaced by curved space-time when masses are present
Because of this, gravity becomes geometry
Thus objects move to follow the curvature of space-time in a gravitational field
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