Talk:Consequences of special relativity

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

WikiProject Physics This article is within the scope of WikiProject Physics, which collaborates on articles related to physics.
??? This article has not yet received a rating on the assessment scale. [FAQ]
??? This article has not yet received an importance rating within physics.

Help with this template Please rate this article, and then leave comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify its strengths and weaknesses.

The twin paradox is not a consequence of special relativity. It is a consequence of general relativity. The paradox occurs when one uses special relativity to evaluate the twins' situation. User:fresheneesz128.111.95.147 22:21, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm. I think that the twin paradox is directly related to Special Relativity. It has absolutely nothing to do with gravity as it is stated in the article and General Relativity has everything to do with gravity and acceleration. Sabejias 02:40, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree. When Einstein discovered, that maxwell equations remain unchanged under Lorentz tranformation, he mentioned some peculiar consequences (Merkwürdige Konsequenzen). One was, that time is no longer absolute, what later was discussed as the "twin paradox". GR deals with gravitation and SR doesn't take gravitational effects in account. ErNa (talk) 11:24, 13 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Nominate for Deletion

Why is this article needed? Surely the consequences of special relativity are presented in the article on special relativity. I think the proliferation of articles on special relativity is not good, because they all just repeat the same things in slightly different (or sometimes the same) words. I haven't counted, but there seems to be quite a few redundant articles, such as Special Relativity, Principle of Special Relativity, Postulates of Special Relativity, Consequences of Special Relativity, and so on. What do these articles contribute that is not already covered in the article on Special Relativity?63.24.52.61 (talk) 23:10, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I support this. Merge and delete.