12-Year-Old Rewrites Einstein's Theory of Relativity

rhathar writes "A 12-year-old boy by the name of Jacob Barnett is a math genius. Mastering many college level astrophysics courses by the age of 8, he now works on his most ambitious project to date: his own 'expanded version of Einstein's theory of relativity.'"

Re:Oh sure.....

[WrongSizeGlass]

What's the theory? How does it "expand" on relativity?

I think he made relativity object oriented.

Nonsense!

[gestalt_n_pepper]

He doesn't even have his deriver's license yet!

Re:Stick this boy in a MRI

[Surt]

Yeah, but he was a loser who couldn't figure out relativity until adulthood. This kid actually has some talent.

Obligatory XKCD

[Anonymous Coward]

Too Old For This Shit [xkcd.com]

Jebus

[SomePgmr]

I now feel like a barely functioning, non-contributing member of society. Thanks slashdot.

Works on Windows ....

[drpimp]

But how does one calculate integration by parts on non-Windows?

Re:Primary Source

[IceNinjaNine]

The History Channel is the bible/alien abduction channel, not the documentary channel.

I thought it was "All Hitler, all the time..."

Re:Evolution..

[Anonymous Coward]

Vaguely related, and I love the quote.

"Introverts almost never cause me trouble and are usually much better at what they do than extroverts. Extroverts are too busy slapping one another on the back, team building, and making fun of introverts to get much done ... I can pass for normal most of the time, but I understand perfectly why some of my autistic patients scream and flap their arms - it's to frighten off extroverts." Mark Vonnegut, MD