Relativity

This is divided into two principal categories, Special relativity and general relativity

   

General relativity

So far, this is not yet described in detail on this site.

Special relativity

So far, this is not yet described in much detail on this site.


The history of the subject is entirely modern. Although roots of the subject may be found in the 19th century, possibly including the early 19th century, early mid 19th century, mid 19th century, late mid 19th century, and late 19th century, the subject was first studied in the 20th century including the early 20th century, early mid 20th century, mid 20th century, late mid 20th century, and late 20th century. The early 21st century including the early 2000s, late 2000s, early 2010s can be connected. The future including the near future, middle future, and far future can be connected.

Sociology

Peoples of the world including nations and major groups of Western Civilization, Asiatic peoples, African peoples, and American Indian peoples can be connected. Communities can be connected. Social structure and change including social change, social types, and social structure can be connected.

Institutions including families, education, economics, government, and religion will also be useful here. Culture including material culture, conceptual culture, and behavioral culture will be significant. Anthroplogy including particular groups, human geography, human ecology, physical anthropology, demography, and social foundations is less directly useful. Personal studies including biography can be applied. Psychology including behavioral elements, mind, behavior patterns, developmental pychology, mental disorders, personality, and social psychology will be somewhat useful. Studies of the human body have very little to do with relativity.

There is virtually no direct connection of relativity with biology. Earth science including geohistory, physical geography, atmospheric science, hydrospheric science, and geology suggests only few and limited applications. Astronomy uses relativity theory heavily, and cosmology, galactic astronomy, stellar astronomy, and solar system astronomy provide various applications. There are applications in chemistry including systems, changes, and substance.

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The structure of matter including subatomic physics, atomic physics, molecular physics, bulk matter physics, and exotic matter has some applications of relativity. Relativity is rather weakly connected to quantum theory.

Relativity is better connected to electromagnetism. Optics including electromagnetic waves, geometric optics, physical optics, quantum optics, and the electromagnetic spectrum is also closely connected.Magnetism including current elements and assemblages, magnetic field, force, flux, and magnetic properties of matter is more directly connected. Electric current including current definition, EMF, resistance, DC circuits, and AC circuits does not seem to be greatly useful. Electrostatics including electric charge, electric charge distribution, forces, fields, flux, capacitance, and properties of matter has some connection. Relativity is only weakly connected to thermodynamics.

Relativity theory depends somewhat on mechanics. Gravitation including surface gravitation, particle celestial mechanics, rigid celestial mechanics, and nonrigid celestial mechanics is also important. Nonrigid body mechanics including deformable bodies, fluid mechanics, and acoustics, is less directly useful. Rigid body mechanics including rigid bodies and motion, rotational dynamics, static systems, and dynamic systems is less directly useful. This depends especially on particle mechanics including particle systems, energetics, and kinetics. Kinematics including types and cases of motion, acceleration, velocity, and position may differ significantly between classical and relativistic treatment. Particle description is also important.


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