Einstein's theory of special relativity

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:scientific_theory
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:special_relativity
gptkbp:appliesTo inertial reference frames
gptkbp:category gptkb:theoretical_physics
physics
relativity
gptkbp:countryOfPublication gptkb:German
gptkbp:excludes gravity
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Albert_Einstein
1905
gptkbp:hasFamousEquation E=mc^2
gptkbp:influenced modern physics
gptkbp:mainPostulate laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames
speed of light in vacuum is constant for all observers
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:general_relativity
gptkbp:predicts gptkb:mass–energy_equivalence
length contraction
relativity of simultaneity
time dilation
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Annalen_der_Physik
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Galilean_relativity
gptkbp:testedBy gptkb:Michelson–Morley_experiment
muon lifetime experiments
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lorentz–FitzGerald_contraction_theory
gptkb:FitzGerald–Lorentz_contraction
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
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