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In particular, revolutions like special relativity and general relativity, quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, and the Big Bang and cosmic inflation completely overthrew our prior picture of how things actually behave.
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 5 Sep. 2025
The Special Theory of Relativity, or special relativity for short, describes what happens to objects traveling at close to the speed of light.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 May 2025
And a faster-than-light force violates Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
—William Mark Stuckey, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
But that metaphysics was enough to lead to new science, as special relativity gave way to general relativity, a new theory of gravity, complete with new, testable predictions.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2024
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 5 Sep. 2025
The Special Theory of Relativity, or special relativity for short, describes what happens to objects traveling at close to the speed of light.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 May 2025
And a faster-than-light force violates Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
—William Mark Stuckey, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
But that metaphysics was enough to lead to new science, as special relativity gave way to general relativity, a new theory of gravity, complete with new, testable predictions.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2024
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“Special relativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/special%20relativity. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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