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Discover how Einstein’s theory of special relativity reshaped physics by linking space, time, mass, and energy in a universe governed by the speed of light.

Einstein put forth special relativity, which explains motion at near-light speeds. Although there are many consequences of Special Relativity, this complex theory consists of only two postulates ...

Special relativity was discovered first, by Einstein, in 1905. Two years later, in 1907, Michelson was awarded the Nobel Prize for his interferometer experiments proving the constancy of the speed ...

If special relativity were correct, they'd remain unchanged, which cannot be correct. Instead, to conserve energy, we have to accept that light must change its wavelength ...

But special relativity tells us that when it comes to light, speed is always constant. Which would mean that the other two variables would have to change - time and distance. And they do.

Special relativity is also based on a second assumption that gives the speed of light — 186,000 miles per second (300 million meters per second) — in a vacuum a special status.

The journal Nature’s special report, “General Relativity at 100,” focuses on the past and the future of relativity research, and offers a companion e-book for $9.99.

So special relativity is the theory of a fixed, flat space-time, without gravity; general relativity is the theory of dynamic space-time, in which curvature gives rise to gravity. Both count as ...