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Section 4

Implications of Special Relativity

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Shifting the Paradigm of Physics

Special relativity changed the way we view space and time and showed us that time is relative to an observer.

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Four-Dimensional Space-Time

We live in four-dimensional space-time, in which the ordering of certain events can depend on the observer.

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The Relativistic Universe

Gravity is a geometrical effect in which a metric matrix plays a special role, and the motion of objects are altered by curved space.

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