The theory of special relativity was initially developed in 1905 by Albert Einstein. However, other interpretations of special relativity have been developed...

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

the context of special relativity and general relativity. The relativistic Lagrangian can be derived in relativistic mechanics to be of the form: L =...

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

into a form that agrees with special relativity. In relativity, A together with φ forms a four-potential regardless of the gauge condition, analogous...

formalism of special relativity using rectilinear inertial coordinate systems. These expressions both make it simple to prove that the laws of classical...

of relativity. In one of his three Annus mirabilis papers of 1905, on special relativity, Albert Einstein noted that, given a specific definition of the...

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...

developed by Arnold Sommerfeld after the four-dimensional tensor formulation of special relativity was introduced by Hermann Minkowski.: 22  The tensor allows...

The history of special relativity consists of many theoretical results and empirical findings obtained by Albert A. Michelson, Hendrik Lorentz, Henri...

current description of gravitation in modern physics. General relativity generalizes special relativity and refines Newton's law of universal gravitation...

Doubly special relativity (DSR) – also called deformed special relativity – is a modified theory of special relativity in which there is not only an...

because of a relative velocity between them (special relativity), or a difference in gravitational potential between their locations (general relativity). When...

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

post-1900 physics, which incorporates elements of quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity. However, relativity is based on classical field theory rather...

In special relativity, an observer is a frame of reference from which a set of objects or events are being measured. Usually this is an inertial reference...

framework of special relativity, the Maxwell equations have the same form in all inertial frames of reference. In the framework of general relativity, the...

under the rules of quantum mechanics. Early attempts to merge quantum mechanics with special relativity involved the replacement of the Schrödinger equation...

fundamental to many fields of physics, including nuclear and particle physics. Mass–energy equivalence arose from special relativity as a paradox described...

chased beams of light. For special relativity, he employed moving trains and flashes of lightning to explain his theory. For general relativity, he considered...

physics, the twin paradox is a thought experiment in special relativity involving twins, one of whom takes a space voyage at relativistic speeds and returns...

General Relativity is a graduate textbook and reference on Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity written by the gravitational physicist Robert...

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

a tool for the formulation of special relativity as an alternative to the use of Lorentz transformations to represent compositions of velocities (also...

is a Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity that plays an important role in canonical quantum gravity and numerical relativity. It was first published...

Branches of physics include classical mechanics; thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; electromagnetism and photonics; relativity; quantum mechanics...

thereafter became a central idea in the special theory of relativity. According to the special theory of relativity introduced by Albert Einstein, it is...

application of the principle of least action by Pierre Louis Maupertuis and Leonhard Euler, in Albert Einstein's formulation of special relativity, and in...

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

transformation and special theory of relativity. In 1908, Hermann Minkowski presented a geometric interpretation of special relativity that fused time and the three...