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The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed and

classical physics, "modern physics" is usually used to focus on those revolutionary changes created by quantum physics and the theory of relativity. A physical

In physics, the special theory of relativity, or special relativity for short, is a scientific theory of the relationship between space and time. In Albert

accepted description of gravitation in modern physics. General relativity generalizes special relativity and refines Newton's law of universal gravitation

Notable branches of modern physics include quantum mechanics, special relativity, and general relativity. Classical physics is typically concerned with

In physics, the principle of relativity is the requirement that the equations describing the laws of physics have the same form in all admissible frames

General relativity is a theory of gravitation that was developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915, with contributions by many others after 1915

Branches of physics include classical mechanics; thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; electromagnetism and photonics; relativity; quantum mechanics

The following is a timeline of gravitational physics and general relativity. 3rd century B.C. – Aristarchus of Samos proposes the heliocentric model. 1543

In physics, the relativity of simultaneity is the concept that distant simultaneity – whether two spatially separated events occur at the same time –