Special Theory of Relativity

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	physical phenomenon
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:special_relativity
gptkbp:appliesTo	inertial reference frames
gptkbp:category	gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkbp:describes	relationship between space and time
gptkbp:excludes	gravity
gptkbp:experimentallyConfirmedBy	gptkb:Hafele–Keating_experiment gptkb:Ives–Stilwell_experiment gptkb:Michelson–Morley_experiment
gptkbp:field	physics
gptkbp:form	gptkb:Lorentz_transformations gptkb:Minkowski_spacetime
gptkbp:formedBy	gptkb:Albert_Einstein 1905
gptkbp:hasFamousEquation	E=mc^2
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Special Theory of Relativity
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:cosmology gptkb:quantum_field_theory particle physics modern physics
gptkbp:language	gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:postulate	laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames speed of light in vacuum is constant for all observers
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:General_Theory_of_Relativity
gptkbp:predicts	gptkb:mass–energy_equivalence length contraction relativity of simultaneity time dilation
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:On_the_Electrodynamics_of_Moving_Bodies
gptkbp:relatedConcept	gptkb:Lorentz_factor gptkb:Lorentz_invariance gptkb:relativistic_Doppler_effect gptkb:twin_paradox light cone spacetime interval causality four-momentum four-velocity invariant mass proper length proper time relativistic energy relativistic momentum relativistic velocity addition rest mass simultaneity
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:Galilean_relativity
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3