A statement of proving time by
Einstein does not and cannot arise because time is not a provable entity or
concept but a human made concept to track eventual changes in the Universal
existence.
Time is relative in the sense it
is relative to the events and since events are variable so time, as a reference
scale, needs to be uniformed in its scale and therefore, irreversible
progression of time is uniformed in its scale.
Events may be occurring in
different local frames but all the events those occurred since the beginning of
the Universe and the events those are occurring right now and the events those
will be occurring in future all are tracked or going to be tracked in a single
frame of reference in time that too in fourth dimension, having its absolute
nature. Greenwich Mean Time is a slice of that universal time.
Time cannot stop at the speed of
light because speed is movement (of real entities) and it does not have its
influence on time (a conceptual entity), as speed is movement - this implies
changing place or position - and time tracks all such eventual changes, even to
convey speed of light one needs time to relate speed of photons or electromagnetic
waves, and the known speed of light does not mean time has stopped with it, it
is rather conveys the speed of light on the time scale, the galactic speed at
the edge of the visible Universe are faster than the speed of light and that
faster than light speeds are too tracked with the same scale of time.
Einstein believed in steady state
of the Universe but never opined that the Universe keeps expanding, in the year
1922 Alexander Friedmann introduced the idea of an expanding universe that
contained moving matter and correspondence with Einstein suggests that Einstein
was unwilling to accept the idea of an evolving Universe and worked instead to
modify his equations to ensure a static eternal Universe as believed from
Newton's time.
The Space-time continuum as proposed
by Einstein described a better explanation of gravity - as distortion in the
fabric of space-time, - but this proposition by Einstein clearly appears
defective to the extent that gravity cannot distort time as in continuum of
space-time, as gravity may have influence on space or even on matter and energy
but gravity cannot have influence on time, time will only exist within
space and in the presence of eventual existence in the Universe when gravity
may have influence on space, matter, energy and their eventual existence but
shall have no direct influence on time.
The red-shift phenomenon, indicating
expanding Universe, was not a discovery by Einstein, rather Edwin Hubble
discovered that the Universe is expanding through the red-shift phenomenon and
this discovery rather challenged Einstein's steady state Universe, accordingly this
discovery also challenged Einstein’s theories to a considerable level.
Some of Einstein’s fictional stories
about Time dilation, time travel, twin paradox and space-time etc. do not have valid
scientific basis and these are even understandable to the high school level
students now.
It is not Stephen Hawking who first predicted the concept of black holes, but it was Einstein who first predicted the existence of black holes. Stephen Hawking rather helped us to realize time better. His work on black holes, quantum mechanics and the origins of the universe advanced the theories of previous thinkers like Albert Einstein and Werner Heisenberg, providing the most comprehensive explanation for the behavior of the cosmos to date.