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'''General relativity''' is the theory by [[Albert Einstein]] that many characteristics we observe about the universe depend on our frame of reference. The theory includes the observation that the speed of light in a vacuum is one of the few constants in the universe, and that objects that approach the speed of light experience some odd conditions, such as a relative slow-down in how they perceive the passage of time. | '''General relativity''' is the theory by [[Albert Einstein]] that many characteristics we observe about the universe depend on our frame of reference. The theory includes the observation that the speed of light in a vacuum is one of the few constants in the universe, and that objects that approach the speed of light experience some odd conditions, such as a relative slow-down in how they perceive the passage of time. | ||
One of the implications of general relativity is that it is impossible for anything to travel faster than light. | One of the implications of general relativity is that it is impossible for anything to travel faster than [[lightspeed|light]]. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 24 November 2008
General relativity is the theory by Albert Einstein that many characteristics we observe about the universe depend on our frame of reference. The theory includes the observation that the speed of light in a vacuum is one of the few constants in the universe, and that objects that approach the speed of light experience some odd conditions, such as a relative slow-down in how they perceive the passage of time.
One of the implications of general relativity is that it is impossible for anything to travel faster than light.
External Links
- Theory of Relativity at AllAboutScience.org