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It’s been 120 full years since Einstein first put forth his special theory of relativity into the world, dictating how neither space nor time were absolute, but rather the speed of light was.
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Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
This was still a few years before Albert Einstein would publish his special theory of relativity, which established that nothing can travel faster than light.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2025
Albert Einstein’s special theory of relativity noted that simultaneity depends on the observer’s frame of reference and can vary with motion.
—Petar Popovski, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2025
But by 1905, the year Einstein published his special theory of relativity, the world population had trebled to more than 1.6 billion, writes Gee.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Newton didn’t believe objects affected space, the American Museum of Natural History writes, but Einstein did, and had even distinguished a fourth dimension known as space-time in his 1905 special theory of relativity.
—USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity The first way is to point out that Einstein’s special theory of relativity is a local theory of physics.
—Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
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Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
This was still a few years before Albert Einstein would publish his special theory of relativity, which established that nothing can travel faster than light.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2025
Albert Einstein’s special theory of relativity noted that simultaneity depends on the observer’s frame of reference and can vary with motion.
—Petar Popovski, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2025
But by 1905, the year Einstein published his special theory of relativity, the world population had trebled to more than 1.6 billion, writes Gee.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Newton didn’t believe objects affected space, the American Museum of Natural History writes, but Einstein did, and had even distinguished a fourth dimension known as space-time in his 1905 special theory of relativity.
—USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity The first way is to point out that Einstein’s special theory of relativity is a local theory of physics.
—Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
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