• Emission theory, also called emitter theory or ballistic theory of light, was a competing theory for the special theory of relativity, explaining the...
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  • Emission theory may refer to: Emission theory (relativity), a former competing theory for the special theory of relativity Emission theory (vision), a...
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  • emitting light of various colors Emission theory (relativity), a competing theory for the special theory of relativity, explaining the results of the Michelson-Morley...
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  • Criticism of the theory of relativity of Albert Einstein was mainly expressed in the early years after its publication in the early twentieth century,...
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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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  • General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity, and as Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published...
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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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    General relativity is a theory of gravitation developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. The theory of general relativity says that the observed...
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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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  • Hendrik Lorentz, Henri Poincaré and others. It culminated in the theory of special relativity proposed by Albert Einstein and subsequent work of Max Planck...
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  • described by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. A currently active field of research in numerical relativity is the simulation of relativistic...
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    theoretical physics, quantum field theory (QFT) is a theoretical framework that combines classical field theory, special relativity, and quantum mechanics.: xi ...
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    Albert Einstein (category American relativity theorists)
    German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics...
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  • then-current body of experimental evidence relating to both special relativity and emission theory. Jack Fox, as he was always known, was born in Biggar, Saskatchewan...
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  • and (guided by Henri Poincaré's principle of relativity) Lorentz tried in 1899 and 1904 to expand his theory to all orders in v/c by introducing the Lorentz...
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  • frequently occurring equations in the theory of special relativity. To derive the equations of special relativity, one must start with two other The laws...
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  • radiation, the photoelectric effect, solar emission spectra—an era called the Old or Older quantum theories. Building on the technology developed in classical...
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    Spacetime (category Theory of relativity)
    transformation and special theory of relativity. In 1908, Hermann Minkowski presented a geometric interpretation of special relativity that fused time and the...
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    a number of articles that announced and explained Einstein's theory of general relativity to the English-speaking world. World War I had severed many lines...
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    Annus mirabilis papers (category Old quantum theory)
    existence of atoms. The third paper introduced Einstein's special theory of relativity, which proclaims the constancy of the speed of light c {\displaystyle...
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    Zero-point energy (category Quantum field theory)
    dineutrons with emission of gravitational waves. Gravity and gravitational waves are well described by General Relativity, that is not a quantum theory, this implies...
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    Big Bang (redirect from Big Bang theory)
    universality of physical laws is one of the underlying principles of the theory of relativity. The cosmological principle states that on large scales the universe...
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    Müller, Volker (eds.), Special Theory of Relativity: Einstein’s World in New Axiomatics The Special Theory of Relativity, Singapore: Springer, pp. 97–105...
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  • the laws of physics. The first is Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, a theory that explains the force of gravity and the structure of spacetime...
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    Black hole (category Theory of relativity)
    electromagnetic energy (e.g. light) can escape it. Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime...
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    incorporate Einstein's relativity theory, which had grown out of the study of classical electromagnetism. This need to put together relativity and quantum mechanics...
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    with much less calculation. Newtonian mechanics was extended by the theory of relativity and by quantum mechanics. Relativistic corrections to Newtonian mechanics...
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    Michelson–Morley experiment (category Tests of special relativity)
    evidence against some aether theories, as well as initiating a line of research that eventually led to special relativity, which rules out motion against...
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    Relativistic Doppler effect (category Special relativity)
    1842), when taking into account effects described by the special theory of relativity. The relativistic Doppler effect is different from the non-relativistic...
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    Einstein in 1907, eight years before his publication of the full theory of relativity. Gravitational redshift can be interpreted as a consequence of the...
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