• A theoretical motivation for general relativity, including the motivation for the geodesic equation and the Einstein field equation, can be obtained from...
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  • given in, respectively, Newtonian motivations for general relativity and Theoretical motivation for general relativity. In mathematics, physics, and engineering...
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  • to general relativity are physical theories that attempt to describe the phenomenon of gravitation in competition with Einstein's theory of general relativity...
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  • Tests of general relativity serve to establish observational evidence for the theory of general relativity. The first three tests, proposed by Albert...
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    explanation by general relativity. Quantum mechanics led to an understanding of blackbody radiation (which indeed, was an original motivation for the theory)...
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  • observations to test general relativity). In addition, in the theoretical field there is continuing research intended to unite general relativity and quantum theory...
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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...
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    assumptions, the structure of general relativity requires them to follow the quantum mechanical description of interacting theoretical spin-2 massless particles...
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  • astrophysics Theoretical gravity Theoretical motivation for general relativity Theoretical physics Theoretical planetology Theories of cloaking Theory and Phenomena...
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    theories of special relativity and general relativity and is the most common mathematical structure by which special relativity is formalized. While...
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    Albert Einstein (category American relativity theorists)
    German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held as one of the most influential scientists. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein...
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    Maxwell's equations in curved spacetime (category General relativity)
    classical electromagnetism Theoretical motivation for general relativity Introduction to the mathematics of general relativity Electrovacuum solution Paradox...
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    American psychologist Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation" in the journal Psychological Review. Maslow subsequently extended the...
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    real-life equivalent is the Alcubierre drive, a theoretical solution of the field equations of general relativity. Warp drive, or a drive enabling space warp...
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    attempts to mathematically combine the ideas of quantum mechanics and general relativity, a step towards a theory of quantum gravity. In this approach, time...
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    The following is a timeline of gravitational physics and general relativity. 3rd century B.C. – Aristarchus of Samos proposes the heliocentric model. 1543...
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    Arthur Eddington (category British relativity theorists)
    Príncipe that provided one of the earliest confirmations of general relativity, and he became known for his popular expositions and interpretations of the theory...
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    caesium atoms. General relativity is the primary framework for understanding how spacetime works. Through advances in both theoretical and experimental...
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    Speed of light (category Special relativity)
    671 million miles per hour). According to the special theory of relativity, c is the upper limit for the speed at which conventional matter or energy (and thus...
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  • Technically, its goal is to unify the fundamental forces and reformulate general relativity as a configuration space of three-metrics, modulo three-dimensional...
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  • whole). A key motivation for Bohm in proposing a new notion of order was the well-known incompatibility of quantum theory with relativity theory. Bohm...
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    on general relativity as a framework assumption. There are many different motivations to modify general relativity, such as to eliminate the need for dark...
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    John Archibald Wheeler (category American relativity theorists)
    April 13, 2008) was an American theoretical physicist. He was largely responsible for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States after World...
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  • 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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    Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (category Indian theoretical physicists)
    equilibrium and the stability of ellipsoidal figures of equilibrium, general relativity, mathematical theory of black holes and theory of colliding gravitational...
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  • Ernst Gehrcke (category Relativity critics)
    trends in theoretical physics (especially with respect to the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics) were key motivational factors for the Deutsche...
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  • and racism more generally." Herodotus (Histories 3.38) observes on the relativity of mores (νόμοι): If anyone, no matter who, were given the opportunity...
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    possibility, of a homogeneous account of the world, which is for me the chief motivation of the study of the so-called "hidden variable" possibility.: 30 ...
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    Max Planck (category German theoretical physicists)
    German: [maks ˈplaŋk] ; 23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in...
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  • Variable speed of light (category Special relativity)
    for example, that it varies in space or time, or depending on frequency. Accepted classical theories of physics, and in particular general relativity...
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