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- Dictionaryrel·a·tiv·i·ty/ˌreləˈtivədē/
noun
- 1. the absence of standards of absolute and universal application: "moral relativity"
- 2. the dependence of various physical phenomena on relative motion of the observer and the observed objects, especially regarding the nature and behavior of light, space, time, and gravity.
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the meaning of relativity by albert einstein institute for advanced study princeton university press princeton, new jersey fifth edition, including the relativistic theory of the non-symmetric field
The Meaning of Relativity is the focus of a 2017 book, The Formative Years of Relativity by Hanoch Gutfreund and Jürgen Renn, which described The Meaning of Relativity as "Einstein's definitive exposition of his special and general theories of relativity".
Relativity, wide-ranging physical theories formed by the German-born physicist Albert Einstein. Special relativity is limited to objects that are moving with respect to inertial frames of reference. General relativity is concerned with gravity, one of the fundamental forces in the universe.
Oct 26, 2014 · These four lectures constituted an overview of his then-controversial theory of relativity. Princeton University Press made the lectures available under the title The Meaning of Relativity, the first book by Einstein to be produced by an American publisher.
May 29, 2011 · The Meaning of Relativity by Albert Einstein. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Mathematics. In Physics. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed and published in 1905 and 1915, respectively. Special relativity applies to all physical phenomena in the absence of gravity .
Einstein’s theories of relativity have had a profound effect on the development of physics throughout the past century; they sparked the ongoing pursuit of a unified physical theory that would underlie all others and explain the properties and behavior of all particles and forces in nature.
