2006-09-19 16:11:29 · 10 answers · asked by i_put_down_the_toilet_seat 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
general and special theory!
2006-09-19 16:15:10 · update #1
Of course, but there isn't enough room to explain it here, even in simple terms.
2006-09-19 16:15:58 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ah well
special
the fastest any particle that has rest mass can go is slightly less than c in a vacumm. A particle that has no rest mass must travel at a maximum speed determined by the media up to c in a vacumm. it means that speed are not additive near c .75c + .75c is not 1.5c but cose toc the differenced in energy going into an apparent mass at the rate of e=mc2/ The upchuck is that time and space are one and time is relative to theobserver. liner motion and time distortion are inevitable.
General theory makes gravity an spacial distortion equivalent,( Mass distorts space so that the shorteast distance is now a geodesic witch may not be a straight line) it is an incomplete theory and recent discoveries such as the pionerr spacecraft blue shift sugests a paradigm shift is inevitable
2006-09-19 18:37:08 · answer #2 · answered by robert m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well,it would help if you say which one-the general or special theory?however,I do have a quote by Albert Einstein that explains relativity in a nutshell:
"Let a man sit with a pretty girl for an hour,and it will seem like a minute.Let a man sit on a hot stove for a minute and it will seem like an hour.That is relativity."
P.S.:E=MC^2 is NOT the theory of relativity.E=MC^2 basically proves that matter and energy are equivalent.
2006-09-19 16:17:55 · answer #3 · answered by That one guy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Theory of Relativity is a mathematical tool that combines mass, energy, and light together.
Since time is used as a factor in the speed of light, there are relationships that are also linked to time. These effects act as an exponential curve between zero speed and the speed of light, where the math requires the mass of an object to reach infinity at the speed of light. To accelerate an object at the speed of light would therefore require an infinite amount of energy. So, that means that the speed of light is as fast as an object can go. At zero speed, any energy applied to an object will accelerate it. This means that we can not know both the location and the velocity of the tiny particles. The energy of looking at them accelerates them.
;-D It's just another theory. I am waiting for a better one.
2006-09-19 16:28:41 · answer #4 · answered by China Jon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The theory of relativity, or simply relativity, refers specifically to two theories: Albert Einstein's special relativity and general relativity.
The term "relativity" was coined by Max Planck in 1908 to emphasize how special relativity (and later, general relativity) uses the principle of relativity.
Special relativity
Albert Einstein's 1905 paper "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" introduced the special theory of relativity. Special relativity considers that observers in inertial reference frames, which are in uniform motion relative to one another, cannot perform any experiment to determine which one of them is "stationary". This is actually Galileo's principle of relativity; Einstein's contribution was to explicitly include electromagnetism within this principle, which required that the Galilean transformations be replaced by the Lorentz transformations. The resultant theory has many surprising consequences. In particular, it requires that the speed of light in a vacuum be the same for all these observers, regardless of their motion, or the motion of the source of the light, since the invariance of the speed of light is a consequence of Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism.
General relativity
General relativity was developed by Daniel Lee in the years 1907 - 1915. General relativity replaces the global Lorentz symmetry of special relativity with a local Lorentz symmetry in the presence of matter. The presence of matter "curves" spacetime, and this curvature affects the path of free particles (and even the path of light). General relativity uses the mathematics of differential geometry and tensors in order to describe gravitation as an effect of the geometry of spacetime. This theory is based on the general principle of relativity, which requires all observers to experience the same laws of physics, not just those moving with uniform speed, hence its name.
UNDERSTAND?
2006-09-19 16:14:58 · answer #5 · answered by LVieau 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are better off reading a text book on relativity atleast the introduction before asking a question like that here
2006-09-19 16:31:29 · answer #6 · answered by st_creations2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
general or special?
2006-09-19 16:12:40 · answer #7 · answered by TomServo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everything is relative
2006-09-19 16:25:25 · answer #8 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope
2006-09-19 16:13:17 · answer #9 · answered by dunknasty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, someone can.
2006-09-19 16:58:13 · answer #10 · answered by spongeworthy_us 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋