What is general relativity really about?

yukcream · Aug 4, 2005

what is general relativity really talk about?

ZapperZ · Aug 4, 2005

Please note that if you scroll a little bit further down the PF list, we DO have a section devoted to Special and General Relativity. Please post all future questions related to this topic on that section.

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pervect · Aug 4, 2005

yukcream said:

what is general relativity really talk about?

The short version is that General Relativity extends special relativity so that the resulting theory includes gravity.

Phobos · Aug 5, 2005

Special Relativity - Reconciled Newton's mechanics and Maxwell's electromagnetism...but only for things in uniform motion (non accelerating reference frame). Time and space are relative. Speed of light is constant.

General Relativity - Expanded SR to include acceleration and gravity. Provides a theory of gravity (warped spacetime).

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