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It is utterly amazing that Einstein’s ideas for special relativity were sparked from the clock he passed every day on his way to work. He thought about clock synchronization if one clock was stationary and the other was in a different frame of reference. In order to synchronize the two clocks, a signal such as a flash of light needs to be sent from one to the other. The time it takes for the light to reach the second clock needs to be added to the clock one time to show the correct time on clock two. This is the basic idea behind E=mc2. Einstein’s vision of time differed greatly from Newton’s. Newton believed that time belonged to the “sensorium of God”, such that “tides, planets, and moons” effected time. Einstein was certain that his “version” of time synchronization in different reference frames was correct, and that “cracked the foundation of Newtonian physics”. Einstein was not stuck up about how he disproved Newton, he actually gave him a lot of respect by saying, “Newton, forgive me; you found the only way which, in your age, was just about possible for a man of highest thought and creative power.” Imagine what would have happened if Einstein took a different route to work every day and never passed the clock, which jumpstarted his imagination in the first place. What would //this// science be like?