Special Relativity

GPTKB entity

Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkbp:application gptkb:physicist
gptkb:spacecraft
nuclear physics
gptkbp:field gptkb:physicist
gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:Mathematician
gptkb:philosophy_of_science
astrophysics
gptkbp:formulation Lorentz transformations
gptkbp:has_impact_on speed of light is constant
no absolute frame of reference
gptkbp:historical_impact revolutionized physics
changed understanding of space and time
led to modern physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Special Relativity
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Maxwell's_equations
Galileo's relativity
gptkbp:introduced 1905
gptkbp:is_criticized_for some interpretations of quantum mechanics
gptkbp:is_popular_in gptkb:Author
TV shows like The Big Bang Theory
movies like Interstellar
gptkbp:is_tested_for gptkb:Michelson-Morley_experiment
GPS satellite technology
time dilation in particle accelerators
gptkbp:key gptkb:mass-energy_equivalence
E=mc²
time dilation
length contraction
relativity of simultaneity
p=mv/√(1-v²/c²)
gptkbp:proposed_by gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkbp:published_by 1905
gptkbp:reign_end physics
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:General_Relativity