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'''Relativity''' refers to two closely-related mathematical theories in [[physics]]:
 
'''Relativity''' refers to two closely-related mathematical theories in [[physics]]:
[[Image:600px-Albert Einstein Head.jpg|right|200px|[[Albert Einstein]] was a [[Pantheism|pantheist]]. Pantheism denies the existence of a transcendent, personal God and is a form of [[atheism]].]]
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[[Image:600px-Albert Einstein Head.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Albert Einstein]] was a [[Pantheism|pantheist]]. Pantheism denies the existence of a transcendent, personal God and is a form of [[atheism]].]]
 
*'''[[Special theory of relativity|Special relativity]]''' (SR) is a theory which describes the laws of motion for non-accelerating bodies traveling at a significant fraction of the [[speed of light]].  As speeds approach zero, Special Relativity tends towards equivalence with [[Newton's Laws of Motion]].  Special Relativity was developed by [[Hendrik Lorentz]], [[Henri Poincaré]], and Hermann Minkowski,<ref>"German mathematician who developed the geometrical theory of numbers and who made numerous contributions to number theory, mathematical physics, and the theory of relativity." [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9052860/Hermann-Minkowski Hermann Minkowski -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia]</ref><ref>[http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Minkowski.html Hermann Minkowski, Biography]</ref> and [[Albert Einstein]].  Einstein was a [[Pantheism|pantheist]]. Pantheism denies the existence of a transcendent, personal God and is a form of [[atheism]].
 
*'''[[Special theory of relativity|Special relativity]]''' (SR) is a theory which describes the laws of motion for non-accelerating bodies traveling at a significant fraction of the [[speed of light]].  As speeds approach zero, Special Relativity tends towards equivalence with [[Newton's Laws of Motion]].  Special Relativity was developed by [[Hendrik Lorentz]], [[Henri Poincaré]], and Hermann Minkowski,<ref>"German mathematician who developed the geometrical theory of numbers and who made numerous contributions to number theory, mathematical physics, and the theory of relativity." [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9052860/Hermann-Minkowski Hermann Minkowski -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia]</ref><ref>[http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Minkowski.html Hermann Minkowski, Biography]</ref> and [[Albert Einstein]].  Einstein was a [[Pantheism|pantheist]]. Pantheism denies the existence of a transcendent, personal God and is a form of [[atheism]].
  
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