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Content: However, relativity primarily completes the revolution that Newton started and
is also highly deterministic as is much of classical physics. In the holistic viewpointof
relativity theory, concepts such as length, mass and time take on a much
more nebulous aspect than they do in the apparently rigid reality of our
everyday world. However, what relativity takes away with one hand, it
gives back in the form of new and truly fundamental constants and
concepts. The theory of relativityis
traditionally broken into two parts, special and general relativity. Special
relativity provides a framework for translating physical events and laws into
forms appropriate for any inertial frame of reference. General relativity
addresses the problem of accelerated motion and gravity. Special Theory of Relativity: By the late 1800's, it was becoming obvious that there were some serious
problems for Newtonian physics concerning the need for absolute space and
time when referring to events or interactions (frames of reference). In
particular, the newly formulated theory of electromagnetic waves required
that light propagation occur in a medium (the waves had to be waves on something). In a Newtonian Universe, there should be no difference in space or time
regardless of where you are or how fast you are moving.