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...nal time dilation]] as predicted by [[Albert Einstein]] in his theory of [[special relativity]].

...l equations|electromagnetic force]]. This theory obeys the principles of [[special relativity]], but has been superseded by the [[Standard Model]], where electromagnetic

...m. However, in the case of light in a [[classical vacuum]], according to [[special relativity]] one cannot detect the medium, so the Doppler shift cannot be given by the An interesting corollary of special relativity is that there is a ''transverse'' Doppler effect for light emitted in vacuu

In [[special relativity]] the Lorentz force transforms as a four-vector under a [[Lorentz transform

...en as one of the fundamental constants of nature. The main postulate of [[special relativity]] asserts that the speed of light is independent of the motion of the light In addition, in special relativity the speed of light is the limiting speed for transfer of information, and n

...ame is true for [[neutrons]] and [[protons]]. According to the theory of [[special relativity]] those particles with finite mass cannot achieve the speed of light becaus

...blem is that in flat spacetimes such as those of classical mechanics and [[special relativity]], there is no way that inertial observers can accelerate with respect to e

...we begin to consider frames of reference in nonuniform motion even within special relativity.…More recently, to negotiate the obvious ambiguities of Einstein’s trea ...'', or simply a ''frame'', is a physical concept related to an [[Observer (special relativity)|observer]] and the observer's state of motion. Here we adopt the view expr

...is fixed to the earth (a "laboratory frame"). [[Einstein]]'s theory of [[special relativity]] treats the choice of frames that are in uniform motion ([[inertial frame] The [[special relativity|relativistic]] Lagrangian of a material point of mass ''m'' moving with vel

The [[physics]] theory of '''special relativity''', which was published in 1905, was developed by [[Albert Einstein]] and [ Special relativity builds on Maxwell's theory according to which light and other electromagnet

...are made entirely of massless, non-fermionic components. See ''[[mass in special relativity]]''. ...there is no easy definition of "matter" that correctly takes into account special relativity while still satisfying most people's intuition.

...influential. The term ''classical mechanics'' is often taken to include [[special relativity]], formulated by [[Albert Einstein]] in response to challenges to Newton's ..., however cannot be described by Newtonian physics and for such situations special relativity must be applied.

...eory]]<ref>Quantum field theory, which studies [[quantum mechanics]] and [[special relativity]], is used to investigate all forces and particles except gravity which it

...ty, but hugely as the rocket approaches the speed of light. The theory of special relativity also predicts that mass need not obey the law of conservation of mass, beca

...sics]] made obsolete in 1905 by [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]]'s theory of [[special relativity]]. ...inertial frames are equivalent, one cannot prefer one over another (see [[special relativity]]). At one stroke he solved the problem of the speed of light, too: this sp

...ory of Relativity]]. While quantum mechanics is entirely consistent with [[special relativity]], problems emerge when one tries to join the quantum laws with ''general'' ...t is entangled, even if they are far apart. (This does not conflict with [[special relativity]] because [[information]] cannot be transmitted in this way.)

...ot consistent with [[general relativity]]. The theory is consistent with [[special relativity]].

...d as the most important scientist of the 20th century, he formulated the [[Special relativity|special]] and [[General relativity|general]] theories of relativity, and ma ...pendent of the observer, would later become one of the two [[postulates of special relativity]].

...a time-dependent magnetic field cannot exist, and conversely. Indeed, in [[special relativity]] '''E''' and ''c''&thinsp;'''B''' can be transformed into one another by