A mathematical theory of space-time (q.v.), of profound epistemological as well as physical importance, comprising the special theory of relativity (Einstein, 1905) and the general theory of relativity (Einstein, 1914-16). The name arises from the fact that certain things which the classical theory regarded as absolute — e.g. , the simultaneity of spatially distant events, the time elapsed between two events (unless coincident in space-time), the length of an extended solid body, the separation of four-dimensional space-time into a three-dimensional space and a one-dimensional time — are regarded by the relativity theory as relative (q.v.) to the choice of a coordinate system in space-time, and thus relative to the observer. But on the other hand the relativity theory represents as absolute certain things which are relative in the classical theory — e.g., the velocity of light in empty space. See Non-Euclidean geometry. — A.C.<\/p>\n
Albert Einstein,<\/p>\n
Relativity, The Special & The General Theory, A Popular Exposition, translated by R. W. Lawson, London, 1920.<\/p>\n
A. S. Eddington,<\/p>\n
Space, Time, and Gravitation, Cambridge, England, 1920.<\/p>\n
A. V. Vasihev,<\/p>\n
Space, Time, Motion, translated by H. M. Lucas and C. P. Sanger, with an introduction by Bertrand Russell, London. 1924, and New York, 1924.<\/p>\n
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