• 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...
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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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    theory of general relativity. The strong form requires Einstein's form to work for stellar objects. Highly precise experimental tests of the principle limit...
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  • The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed...
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    In physics, the relativity of simultaneity is the concept that distant simultaneity – whether two spatially separated events occur at the same time –...
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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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Albert Einstein presented the theories of special relativity and general relativity in publications that either contained no formal references to previous...
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