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    In physics, the special theory of relativity, or special relativity for short, is a scientific theory of the relationship between space and time. In Albert...
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  • The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed and...
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  • framework of special relativity, the Maxwell equations have the same form in all inertial frames of reference. In the framework of general relativity, the Maxwell...
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  • The word "mass" has two meanings in special relativity: invariant mass (also called rest mass) is an invariant quantity which is the same for all observers...
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  • Accelerations in special relativity (SR) follow, as in Newtonian Mechanics, by differentiation of velocity with respect to time. Because of the Lorentz...
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  • The history of special relativity consists of many theoretical results and empirical findings obtained by Albert A. Michelson, Hendrik Lorentz, Henri Poincaré...
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  • Doubly special relativity (DSR) – also called deformed special relativity or, by some[who?], extra-special relativity – is a modified theory of special relativity...
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  • Special relativity is a physical theory that plays a fundamental role in the description of all physical phenomena, as long as gravitation is not significant...
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  • Einstein derived the theory of special relativity in 1905, from principle now called the postulates of special relativity. Einstein's formulation is said[by...
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  • The theory of special relativity was initially developed in 1905 by Albert Einstein. However, other interpretations of special relativity have been developed...
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