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special relativity comparison table

Subject	has proposition	has definition	has equation	has phenomena	has author	is a kind of	is an instance of
relativity theory					or reasearch group	physics theory
special relativity	A spaceship (or other enclosed vessel) traveling at uniform speed through space contains its own space-time continuum. A ray of light passes an observer at the speed of light no matter how (uniformly) fast nor in what direction the observer is travelling.	Relativity theory that explains Lorentz contraction and time dilation for observers in relative motion.	E = mc2 (where m is mass, E is energy and c is the speed of light)	Lorentz contraction and time dilation	Einstein (1905)		relativity theory

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