what please while you're at it, I encourage you to use another couple sentences distinguishing special and general relativity
2007-02-10 23:40:26 · 8 answers · asked by JizZ E. Jizzy 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
How long can the sentences be? lol
General Relativity Theory:
Gravity is not a force but a consequence of localized bends in 3d space produced by the presence of matter.
Matter and energy respond to these bends according to standard Newtonian physics by literally taking the straightest path in a warped space that does not have a perfect euclidean geometry.
Special Relativity Theory:
Regardless how fast you are moving, light will always appear to be moving at the same speed relative to the motion of all observers.
Since only the perception of the speed of light stays constant, the flow of time, mass, and length will all appear to change in ways that allow for the speed of light to seem constant.
Exactly two for each theory.
2007-02-12 08:52:09 · answer #1 · answered by Justin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
General Relativity claims that observed gravitational effects are due to the curvature of space around a given mass. It refutes the Newtonian idea that there is a gravitational attraction between objects with mass.
Special Relativity claims that energy, mass, and the speed of light are related according to the equation E=mc^2 (energy = mass times the speed of light squared). It doesn't deal with gravity at all.
Both theories deal with the way that an observer and the event he observes are related, but the observed phenomena addressed in General Relativity are those of gravitational effects.
2007-02-11 02:57:13 · answer #2 · answered by Steve 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Special Relativity: as you get faster, your mass increases and time slows down, so that the speed of light still appears to be 300 million metres per second more than your speed
General Relativity: as you approach a large mass, time slows down, light is bent by the mass and space is distorted.
2007-02-11 00:01:30 · answer #3 · answered by Gnomon 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes:
As the American physicist John Wheeler puts it:
Matter tells space-time how to bend and space-time tells matter how to move.
That resumes the very core of Einstein's theory of gravitation (or general relativity theory).
2007-02-11 00:28:36 · answer #4 · answered by Jano 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Einstein ought to not in any respect settle for Quantum concept because Quantum concept demands the aspect of 'randomness' and Einstein believed there grow to be an underlying 'order' to the universe it is denied through Quantum concept.
2016-12-04 01:01:20 · answer #5 · answered by kobielnik 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think it's possible to sum up einstein's general theory of special relativity. u just can't
2007-02-10 23:43:02 · answer #6 · answered by brandon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looking to thin down? Then turn sideways and approach the speed of light.
2007-02-10 23:48:23 · answer #7 · answered by chrisatmudd 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The thing you are considering is absolutely dependent on where you are when you look at it.
:)
2007-02-10 23:53:21 · answer #8 · answered by mikedotcom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋