2006-07-21 04:44:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Everything Everyone said above me is true...but they are just parts of the whole picture. But i comment their efforts because
the theory of relativity is anything but breif, and theres no possible way to explain it in a sentance or two, or a paragraph or even a page. Its an incredibly deep and complex theory that hasnt even come close to hav been completely explored let alone understood. Never the less I will try anyway.
Some of the things covered in the theory of relativity
-The spacetime cone
-Spacetime as a curved manifold (wormholes)
-Gravitational effects(accelleration-rotation-orbitals)
-Black holes
-The bending of light by large massed objects
-Inertia
-True values of newtonian mechanichs
--conservation of energy and momentum
-electro magnetism
-Quantum mechanics
...and many many more things
but to break it down the three main categories that all of those listed and others that i didnt fall into are
Spacetime, and its limits
Effects of non inertial frames of referance
photons/the speed of light
2006-07-21 05:15:36 · answer #1 · answered by Don’t Tread On Me 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not sure if this is right, was sleeping, but...
Say that you could travel at the speed of light...
Light would be traveling at the same speed as you, so you would see the same thing, therefore, you could "Freeze Time" relative to you.
Even cooler, after running at the speed of light for an hour, turn around into the light coming at you and travel in that direction, and it would appear that you are "Speeding Up" time, also relative to you.
If you could travel faster than the speed of light, you couldn't actually see something before it happened, but you could see something before another person 5 miles away saw it...
2006-07-21 11:57:51 · answer #2 · answered by datfatduk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As Einstein precisely put it,
"...when you touch a hot object for a second, you immediately withdraw your hand and it feels like an hour to you! When you sit beside a girl for an hour it feels like a second!
That's the theory of relativity!!"
2006-07-21 12:03:39 · answer #3 · answered by mistress s~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two Aspects:
Special Relativity: If two objects are moving at the exact same speed, it is impossible to determine which one of them is "stationary," ie. everything is in motion.
General Relativity: The presence of matter causes curvature in the shape of space (that expresses itself as gravity).
That's not 100% correct, but that's the closest I can get in 25 words or less. Hope that helps.
2006-07-21 11:53:16 · answer #4 · answered by The Central Scrutinizer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Relativity is absolute.
2006-07-21 12:29:30 · answer #5 · answered by sauwelios@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋