gib65 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I'm just asking about the proper form of the name of Einstein's theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 There are two: the general theory of relativity and the special theory of relativity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_theory_of_relativity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timo Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I suppose it's "special theory of relativity", even though "theory of special relativity" sounds more familiar to me (probably because that's what it's often called in this forum). Reasons: - The word-by-word translation from german would be special relativitytheory, "special theory of relativity" seems to come closer to that. - The Wikipedia link Cap'n gave also uses that formulation. - It makes more sense: It's a simplification of the theory of relativity for special cases, not a different theory of relativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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