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General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity and Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915 and is the current description of gravitation in modern physics. General relativity generalizes special relativity and refines Newton's law of … See more
Henri Poincaré's 1905 theory of the dynamics of the electron was a relativistic theory which he applied to all forces, including gravity. While others thought that gravity was instantaneous or of …
Neo-Lorentzian Interpretation
Examples of physicists who support neo-Lorentzian explanations of general relativity are Franco Selleri and Antony Valentini See moreAsymptotic symmetries
The spacetime symmetry group for special relativity is the Poincaré group, which is a ten-dimensional group of three Lorentz boosts, three … See moreGeneral relativity can be understood by examining its similarities with and departures from classical physics. The first step is the realization that classical mechanics and Newton's law of gravity …
The derivation outlined in the previous section contains all the information needed to define general relativity, describe its key properties, and address a question of …
General relativity has a number of physical consequences. Some follow directly from the theory's axioms, whereas others have become clear only in the course of many years of research … See more
Gravitational lensing
The deflection of light by gravity is responsible for a new class of astronomical … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA licence