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They are just somewhat different names of the same thing. General relativity includes the special relativity one where special means without accelerated referen
by kvakkefly 8y ago
They 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...