Sentence examples for principle of relativity from inspiring English sources
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The principle that only the motion of objects relative to one another can be measured, and that there is no absolute frame of reference.
And although Einstein's development of general relativity was in large part motivated by a desire to implement a general principle of relativity, to wit that all motion is relative motion, that it succeeds in doing so was questioned shortly after the theory was introduced.
The second postulate is called the principle of relativity.
This is the restricted, or Galilean, principle of relativity.
The key principle of relativity is that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers.
It's as if there's a principle of relativity, a bending of time, in the very concept of familiarity.
However, the usual laws of mechanics are not the same in all frames related by Lorentz transformations and thus must be altered to agree with the principle of relativity.
By Albert Einstein's principles of relativity, this small mass deficit can be converted into energy via the equation E = mc2.
As Gamow put it in his preface, "Even a primitive savage in such a world would be acquainted with the principles of relativity and quantum theory, and would use them for his hunting purposes and everyday needs".
Because the Schrödinger equation does not satisfy the principles of relativity, it can be used to describe only those phenomena in which the particles move much more slowly than the velocity of light.
It originated in a profound philosophical consideration of the principles of relativity and invariance in the context of Newtonian mechanics.
More advanced examinations in AQFT show that 'quantum particles' which behave according to the principles of relativity theory cannot be localized in any bounded region of space-time, no matter how large, a result which excludes even tube-like trajectories.
