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Quibble: the article refers several times to the theory of general relativity. I always thought it was the general theory of relativity: i.e., it was the theory
by dghf 8y ago
Quibble: the article refers several times to the theory of general relativity. I always thought it was the general theory of relativity: i.e., it was the theory itself that was general, handling everything the special theory (limited to inertial reference frames) couldn't.
Am I making a distinction without a difference? Are there two forms of the name in free variation?
- kvakkefly 8y agoThey are just somewhat different names of the same thing. General relativity includes the special relativity one where special means without accelerated reference frames, i.e. nothing accelerates or is exposed for gravity.
- moefh 8y ago> special means without accelerated reference frames That's something a lot of people say, but it's not strictly true. Special Relativity is fully capable of describing acceleration in a flat (Minkowski) spacetime[1]. General Relativity is only really needed when there's curvature in the spacetime (gravity). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration_(special_relativity) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration_(special_relativi...
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> Quibble: the article refers several times to the theory of general relativity “General relativity...[is] also known as the general theory of relativity or GTR“ [1]. Einstein himself wrote of der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_relativity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_relativity