special relativity

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But that metaphysics was enough to lead to new science, as special relativity gave way to general relativity, a new theory of gravity, complete with new, testable predictions. Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2024 And a faster-than-light force violates Einstein’s theory of special relativity. William Mark Stuckey, The Conversation, 30 July 2024 This goes back to another quote of another founder of modern physics, Paul Dirac, who wrote down the relativistic wave equation, an equation that describes quantum mechanics connected with special relativity — it’s called the Dirac equation. Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2024 But special relativity expressly forbids speeds faster than light. Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for special relativity 

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1919, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of special relativity was in 1919

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