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In the 1920s, physicist Paul Dirac was trying to force two very different worlds — quantum mechanics (the rules of the very small) and special relativity (the rules of the very fast) — to play together.
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 18 Jan. 2026
And yet, Einstein’s key insights, and the profundity of special relativity, were lauded and marveled at by even the physicists who had discovered the transformations previously.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
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
But special relativity expressly forbids speeds faster than light.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 18 Jan. 2026
And yet, Einstein’s key insights, and the profundity of special relativity, were lauded and marveled at by even the physicists who had discovered the transformations previously.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
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
But special relativity expressly forbids speeds faster than light.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
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“Special relativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/special%20relativity. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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