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Relativity, wide-ranging physical theories formed by the German-born physicist Albert Einstein. Special relativity is limited to objects that are moving with respect to inertial frames of reference. General relativity is concerned with gravity, one of the fundamental forces in the universe.
The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed and published in 1905 and 1915, respectively. Special relativity applies to all physical phenomena in the absence of gravity.
Course Description. The theory of special relativity, originally proposed by Albert Einstein in his famous 1905 paper, has had profound consequences on our view of physics, space, and time. This course will introduce you to the concepts behind special relativity including, but not limited to, length contraction, time dilation, the Lorentz ….
Article E=mc2 Scientists long considered energy and mass to be distinct. E=mc2 showed that they're different forms of the same thing. Article Special Relativity Einstein first published his Special Theory of Relativity—which describes his revolutionary ideas about light, time and energy—in...
The constancy of the speed of light and the universality of the laws of physics for all observers are cornerstones of special relativity. Starting points and postulates Understand Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, about what is absolute and not relative
Some of the questions we will address include: How did Einstein come up with his ideas? What was the nature of his genius? What is the meaning of relativity? What's special about the special theory of relativity? Why did the theory initially seem to be dead on arrival? What does it mean to say that time is the fourth dimension?
Our goal will be to go behind the myth-making and beyond the popularized presentations of relativity in order to gain a deeper understanding of both Einstein the person and the concepts, predictions, and strange paradoxes of his theory. Some of the questions we will address include: How did Einstein come up with his ideas?
