You don’t have to be Einstein to get stuck into the theory of relativity!

Saturday 14 May 2016

There's a new set of stamps gravitating towards your post to celebrate Albert Einstein's famous theory of general relativity.

Six images of the world-famous scientist have been stamped onto Jersey Post's latest issue to mark the 100 years since he published his ground-breaking paper.

Jersey Post’s Head of Philatelic Melanie Gouzinis said: “Einstein is the embodiment of genius, eccentricity and free-thinking and has had a colossal impact on science and technology of the 20^th and 21^st centuries.

"It is so exciting to think that 100 years since he published his paper, as we have seen in the news recently with the proof of the existence of gravitational waves, he continues to inspire scientists, philosophers and students around the world.”

The paper is considered to be one of the towering achievements of 20^th century physics, introducing the concept that the force of gravity can in fact be described in geometrical terms as the curvature of space-time.

His theory of general relativity, built upon his previously published theory of special relativity, explains the motion of galaxies, the physics of black holes and the bending of light from distant stars and galaxies.

The stamps have been designed by Hat-Trick Design (London) Ltd and feature iconic photographs of Einstein with background detail alluding to aspects of his work.

They've designed a chalk portrait of the scientist with one of his well-known playful facial expressions for the Miniature Sheet which shows his association with black-board-written equations.

Hat-Trick’s Creative Director Gareth Howatt said: “Einstein has often been shown working on a blackboard, so we thought it would be interesting to take it one stage further and combine his portrait with some of his theories on one surface.”

You can pick up the stamps from all branches of Jersey Post from 11 May.