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Then came Einstein. His theory of special relativity, and then general relativity, both
Then came Einstein. His theory of special relativity, and then general relativity, both
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Our current theories about the universe, namely general relativity, are just not able to describe or explain them.
about the Universe, namely general relativity, are just not able to describe or explain them.
When Einstein put together what we now call the special theory of relativity, the idea that there's no preferred standard of rest in the universe, but
When Einstein put together what we now call the special theory of relativity, the idea that there's no preferred standard of rest in the universe, but
One is Einstein's general theory of relativity.
One is Einstein's general theory of relativity—
There's nothing quantum mechanics and relativity.
There's nothing in the foundational equations of physics, there's nothing in quantum mechanics and relativity, there's nothing in the periodic table of, of chemistry that talks about love, or hate, or dreaming, or fearing.
This view has come to be called linguistic relativity.
One practical consequence of linguistic relativity: direct translation between languages isn't always possible.
In 1905, he published his Special Theory of Relativity, which described the motion of objects moving near the speed of light.
In 1905 he published his special theory of relativity
it was a time when physicists were still finding some of the implications of general relativity hard to swallow, in particular the possibility of black holes and infinitely dense singularities.
It was a time when physicists were still finding some of the implications of general relativity hard to swallow,
general relativity, our current theory of gravity, compresses into one short equation.
For example, general relativity, our current theory of gravity, compresses into one short equation everything from how an apple falls to the Earth to how the moon orbits the Earth, how all the planets orbit the sun, how the sun orbits a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, how black holes form and behave,