the principle of relativity is the requirement that the equations describing the laws of physics have the same form in all admissible frames of reference...

inertial frames of reference (that is, frames of reference with no acceleration). This is known as the principle of relativity. The speed of light in vacuum...

The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed...

theory of general relativity. The strong form requires Einstein's form to work for stellar objects. Highly precise experimental tests of the principle limit...

In physics, the relativity of simultaneity is the concept that distant simultaneity – whether two spatially separated events occur at the same time –...

Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies". Translation by Megh Nad Saha in The Principle of Relativity: Original Papers by A. Einstein and H. Minkowski, University of Calcutta...

Albert Einstein presented the theories of special relativity and general relativity in publications that either contained no formal references to previous...

Einstein derived the theory of special relativity in 1905, from principle now called the postulates of special relativity. Einstein's formulation is said[by...

subfield of computational physics that aims to establish numerical solutions to Einstein's field equations in general relativity Principle of relativity, used...

Mach's principle.[page needed] There is a fundamental issue in relativity theory: if all motion is relative, how can we measure the inertia of a body...

Tests of general relativity serve to establish observational evidence for the theory of general relativity. The first three tests, proposed by Albert Einstein...

principle of relativity and the principle of stationary action in mechanics can be used to derive Maxwell's equations, and vice versa. The theory of special...

to the principle of relativity of Galileo Galilei restating it precisely for mechanical systems. This can be stated as: as far as the laws of mechanics...

General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity, and as Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published...

Galilean relativity states that the laws of motion are the same in all inertial frames of reference. Galileo Galilei first described this principle in 1632...

also produced negative results and (guided by Henri Poincaré's principle of relativity) Lorentz tried in 1899 and 1904 to expand his theory to all orders...

special relativity, which was based on a radical new application of the relativity principle in connection with the constancy of the speed of light. In...

transverse Doppler effect. The fourth, a consequence of special relativity, developed the principle of mass–energy equivalence, expressed in the equation...

However, this resulted in a limitation inherent in special relativity: the principle of relativity could only apply to inertial reference frames. To address...

Linguistic relativity asserts that language influences worldview or cognition. One form of linguistic relativity, linguistic determinism, regards peoples'...

moving, and so, as a consequence of an incorrect and naive application of time dilation and the principle of relativity, each should paradoxically find...

known that those stars are in fact moving. According to the principle of special relativity, all physical laws look the same in all inertial reference...

which observes the mediocrity principle, the anthropic principle, the principle of relativity and the cosmological principle. Other well-known principles...

In general relativity, a geodesic generalizes the notion of a "straight line" to curved spacetime. Importantly, the world line of a particle free from...

lie at the heart of fundamental physics, from classical mechanics through quantum mechanics, particle physics, and general relativity. Action principles...

General relativity is a theory of gravitation developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. The theory of general relativity says that the observed...

by virtue of the equivalence principle, in the gravitational field of massive objects. According to general relativity, inertial mass and gravitational...

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...

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...

velocity approaches the speed of light, the effect becomes prominent. The principle of relativity (according to which the laws of nature are invariant across...