theories of relativity
Spacetime curvature explanations
The theories of relativity are two foundational frameworks in physics developed by Albert Einstein.
Special relativity (1905) addresses objects moving at constant speeds, establishing that the speed of light is constant and that time and space are relative to the observer.
General relativity (1915) extends this to gravity, describing it as the curvature of spacetime caused by mass.
Together they revolutionized understanding of space, time, and the universe: GPS satellites must account for relativity to function accurately.
- spacetimeMerged dimensional framework
- Albert EinsteinRenowned twentieth-century physicist
- thought experimentsHypothetical scenarios for reasoning
- black holesRegions of inescapable gravity
- GPS technologySatellite-based location system
space travel · time dilation · gravitational lensing · speed of light · cosmology · gravitational waves · E=mc² · neutron stars · particle accelerators · atomic bomb · dark energy · twin paradox · spacetime curvature
theories of relativityNewtonian mechanics
Theory of motion and force
classical mechanics · Newtonian physics · classical physics · Newton's laws of motion · Aristotelian physics
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