Theory of relativity (4563 bytes)
1: ...[[physics]]: [[special relativity]] and [[general relativity]]. These theories were conceived in order to expl...
3: ==Special relativity==
4: ...e which one of them is in "absolute motion". The theory postulates that the [[speed of light]] in vacuum ...
6: One of the strengths of special relativity is that it can be derived from only a few premise...
11: ==General relativity==

Relativity (1025 bytes)
1: In physics, the term '''relativity''' is used in several related contexts:
3: ...i|Galileo]] first developed the '''[[principle of relativity]]''', which was the postulate that claimed that t...
4: ...e" is only meaningful if qualified by theories of relativity that defines the general context for the frame.
6: ...ot be confused with [[relativism]]. The theory of relativity is a piece of objective science with very concret...

Knowledge relativity (481 bytes)
5: ...ttp://hoffmann.org/ the introduction of knowledge relativity as a notion]

Principle of relativity (1792 bytes)
1: ...made by another observer. Several principles of "relativity" have been developed, starting with the Galilean ...
5: ..., ''see'' [[theory of relativity]] and [[special relativity]].
7: [[General relativity]] extended the principle of relativity to accelerated frames of reference in a gravity f...
9: [[Category:Relativity]]

Relativity (M. C. Escher) (1131 bytes)
1: ...image:Escher's_Relativity.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''Relativity'']]
2: '''''Relativity''''' is a [[Lithography|lithograph]] print by the...

Special relativity (43478 bytes)
1: ...later, Einstein published the theory of [[general relativity]], which incorporates gravitation.
3: == Motivation for the theory of special relativity ==
5: The principle of relativity was introduced by Galileo. Overturning the old a...
7: ...ence frame. Nevertheless he kept the principle of relativity for what can be observed— uniform motion co...
13: ...nature. For all practical purposes it is the same theory as SRT, and he taught it as such.

General relativity (23161 bytes)
1: ...in]] in [[1915]]. The conceptual core of general relativity, from which its other consequences largely follow...
3: ...ion extends the principle of [[special relativity|relativity]] to the case of uniformly accelerated motion of ...
5: ...ental error or a demonstration that the theory of relativity was wrong or incomplete.
11: ...heory of gravity radically different from general relativity is necessary. (For example, the [[Allais effect]]...
13: ... the question of how to correctly combine general relativity with [[quantum mechanics]], thus applying it also...

Doubly-special relativity (1543 bytes)
1: ... transformations. There exist proposals that this theory may be related to [[loop quantum gravity]].
6: ...ience) called [[relativistic]]. Nevertheless the theory is not considered a promising approach by a major...
9: * Giovanni Amelino-Camelia, "Doubly-Special Relativity: First Results and Key Open Problems." ''Int. J. ...
10: * Giovanni Amelino-Camelia, ''Doubly-Special Relativity.''' http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0207049, a no...
13: [[Category:Special relativity]]

Principle of linguistic relativity (1216 bytes)
1: ... linguistic relativity''' is [[Benjamin Whorf]]'s theory of the way in which an individual's thoughts are ...
3: ...any other hypotheses, and that if this particular theory was being attributed to him then surely he had th...
5: Although Whorf spoke of his theory as being that thoughts were "determined" by the l...
7: ... whether it is valid, the principle of linguistic relativity has resulted in concrete applications outside of ...

Consequences of Special Relativity (2946 bytes)
4: ...n}</math>) could be figured using the Pythagorean Theory (<math>a^2+b^2=c^2</math>):
24: ...}</math>, <math>h_{ship}</math> is not changed by relativity.

Classical tests of general relativity (7778 bytes)
1: ...rimental verification of the theory of [[general relativity]] about gravitational interaction.
12: ...y [[Albert Einstein]] eight years before the full theory. It is a direct consequence of the so-called '''e...
24: journals. It made Einstein and his General Relativity world famous.
63: Also the path of a test particle in Einstein's theory of gravitation,
65: Newtonian theory.

Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity (6163 bytes)
1: ...ravitational physics]] and [[relativity (general)|relativity]]'''
5: ...lileo Galilei formulates modified [[Aristotle]]an theory of motion (later retracted) based on [[density]]...
23: ...]] - [[Henri Poincaré]] presents the principle of relativity for [[electromagnetism]]
24: ...bert Einstein]] completes his theory of [[special relativity]] and states the [[law of mass-energy conservatio...
27: ...tes his theory of [[general relativity]]. The new theory perfectly matches [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]'s ...

List of mathematical topics in relativity (1727 bytes)
1: ... of mathematical topics in [[relativity (physics)|relativity]]''', by Wikipedia page.
3: ==[[Special relativity]]==
6: **[[principle of relativity]]
26: ==[[General relativity]]==
44: *[[Einstein-Cartan theory]]

F-theory (1262 bytes)
1: ...ality]] symmetry of the resulting type IIB string theory is manifest because it arises as the group of [[l...
3: ...nd F-theory on K3 is dual to [[heterotic string]] theory on a two-torus. (Eight dimensions are large.)
5: ... "F" stands for "Father" much like the "M" in [[M-theory]] is often taken to stand for "Mother".
7: [[Category:String theory]]

The Theory of Everything (1508 bytes)
1: ...ng]], a [[physics|physicist]]s' jargon term for a theory in [[physics]] which unifies the four [[fundament...
3: ...al unification of the four fundamental forces - a Theory of Everything - would be achieved. Recently, howe...
7: ...t has come to our attention that the book '' 'The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Univers...

Value theory (999 bytes)
1: In [[philosophy]], '''value theory''', or [[axiology]], concerns itself with the not...
3: In Economics. value theory is contented with a goodness defined by means of ...
7: ...d goodness at the page about [[Goodness and value theory]].

K-theory (2588 bytes)
1: The topic of '''K-theory''' spans the subjects of [[algebraic topology]], ...
3: ...is was the basis of the first of the ''[[homology theory|extraordinary cohomology theories]]'' of [[algebr...
5: ...]]s to found in 1959 what became '''[[algebraic K-theory]]'''. He for formulated [[Serre's conjecture]], t...
7: ... was given by [[Daniel Quillen]] using [[homotopy theory]].
9: ...y [[quadratic form]] receive the general name ''L-theory''.

M-theory (6858 bytes)
1: ...ording to Dr. [[Edward Witten]], who proposed the theory, mathematical tools which have yet to be invented...
4: [[M-theory (simplified explanation)|M-theory simplified]] for a less technical article.
6: == M-theory's relation to superstrings and supergravity ==
7: M-Theory in various geometric backgrounds is associated wi...
9: ...IA string theory|Type IIA]] and [[type IIB string theory|IIB]] are related by [[T-duality]], as are the tw...

G theory (6993 bytes)
1: {{wrongtitle|title=''g'' theory}}
6: ...llustration of Spearman's two-factor intelligence theory. Each small oval is a hypothetical mental test. T...
7: ...ns performance on all cognitive tasks. Spearman's theory proved too simple, however, as it ignored group f...

Theory X and theory Y (7375 bytes)
1: '''Theory X''' and '''theory Y''' are theories of human motivation developed b...
4: ==Theory X==
5: ...pan of control]] at each level. According to this theory employees will show little ambition without an en...
7: ...loyee. The result of this line of thought is that Theory X managers naturally adopt a more [[authoritarian...
9: ==Theory Y==

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