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But that metaphysics was enough to lead to new science, as special relativity gave way to general relativity, a new theory of gravity, complete with new, testable predictions.
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Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2024
And a faster-than-light force violates Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
—William Mark Stuckey, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
This goes back to another quote of another founder of modern physics, Paul Dirac, who wrote down the relativistic wave equation, an equation that describes quantum mechanics connected with special relativity — it’s called the Dirac equation.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2024
But special relativity expressly forbids speeds faster than light.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
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Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2024
And a faster-than-light force violates Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
—William Mark Stuckey, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
This goes back to another quote of another founder of modern physics, Paul Dirac, who wrote down the relativistic wave equation, an equation that describes quantum mechanics connected with special relativity — it’s called the Dirac equation.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2024
But special relativity expressly forbids speeds faster than light.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
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“Special relativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/special%20relativity. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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