relativity
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"This appears to rule out the Lambda-cold dark matter model as a viable stable solution of the Einstein equations of general relativity, with or without dark energy."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Although dark energy remains a central component of the prevailing cosmological model, the researchers contend that the mathematics of general relativity may offer a different explanation for the same phenomenon.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
The concept of electromagnetic radiation originated with him and is credited as paving the way for Einstein's special theory of relativity.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
However, recent observations suggest it is weakening — potentially jeopardizing Einstein’s so far unblemished theory of general relativity and calling into question the leading description for how the universe will die.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
We do not yet have a complete consistent theory that unifies general relativity and quantum mechanics, but we do know a number of the features it should have.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
That's not entirely true of course, but consider the relativities.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2015
He seems to be savoring his island idyl as if the relativities of war, chance and change had already foreclosed it, as indeed they subsequently did.
From Time Magazine Archive
These cycles are the eternal rounds of MAYA, the contrasts and relativities of the phenomenal universe.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
We have seen that this is generally accepted as true of the relativities of sense-perception.
From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry
The first is 'Relativity in Absolute,' which means that the universe appears to be consisting in relativities, owing to our relative knowledge; but these relativities are based on absolute reality.
From The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan by Kaiten Nukariya
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