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Ryan Chester, 18-years-old, made an eccentric and exciting short video explaining the special theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein. This video made him earn his inaugural Breakthrough Junior college challenge. The breakthrough Prize was introduced by Priscilla and Mark Zuckerberg on November 9^th 2014 in Mountain View California, reports USA Today.

The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is the new one in its kind that focuses on all the institutions and foundations that support leaps in the field of science, math and physics. The awards for both the competitions are given in San Jose, California. The Breakthrough Prize was recommended and initiated by tech-star couples such as Google founder Sergey Brin and his ex-wife; Yuri and Julia Milner, Russian Entrepreneurs; Founders of Alibaba, Jack Ma and Cathy Zhang; Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan of Facebook. The teen focused offshoot of the Breakthrough Prize was just recently announced this fall, reports Tech Times.

The winner of the teen breakthrough prize, Ryan Chester said, "When I got the call saying I won, Sal (Khan), he told me they got a lot of exceptional submissions, but I guess mine cracked them up". Chester used comic representations to explain the theories of relativity in his video that made for an interesting explanation. It was also the clarity and the simplicity of the approach used in his video that did most of the trick for Chester, says USA Today.

Khan of Khan learning site, Khan Academy, said, "The goal of this prize is simply to celebrate students that have a passion for science and turn them into rock stars. Getting them to create video content for others opens up the possibility of reaching a whole new generation of students." According to Khan, what made Chester's video so different than the rest was "the personality and humor" that he used. "Many students think math and science is too tough, but at the same time we know that for most jobs today you really must interface with technology. It's not an option. So bringing it to life in a way that is memorable is key", says USA Today.