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But by 1905, the year Einstein published his special theory of relativity, the world population had trebled to more than 1.6 billion, writes Gee.
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Newton didn’t believe objects affected space, the American Museum of Natural History writes, but Einstein did, and had even distinguished a fourth dimension known as space-time in his 1905 special theory of relativity.
—USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
Those mental investigations eventually led him to his special theory of relativity.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2020
Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity The first way is to point out that Einstein’s special theory of relativity is a local theory of physics.
—Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Newton didn’t believe objects affected space, the American Museum of Natural History writes, but Einstein did, and had even distinguished a fourth dimension known as space-time in his 1905 special theory of relativity.
—USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
Those mental investigations eventually led him to his special theory of relativity.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2020
Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity The first way is to point out that Einstein’s special theory of relativity is a local theory of physics.
—Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
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“Special theory of relativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/special%20theory%20of%20relativity. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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