# theory of relativity

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 20, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-of-relativity/162764 "2003-03-20T07:49:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![kramesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@kramesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kramesh)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-of-relativity/162764/1 "2003-03-20T07:49:16Z")

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easily understandable explanation of theories of relativiy pls

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**Author:** ![Rusalka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-of-relativity/162764/2 "2003-03-20T09:20:27Z")

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You managed to make it here to the straight dope, why couldn’t you look this up on the internet? This is a pretty widely explored topic.

Here’s my favorite site for explanations on Special Relativity:

> **[How Special Relativity Works](https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/relativity.htm)**
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> Special relativity deals in phenomena that don’t agree with our historical or commonsense views of how the universe works. In fact, many of the theory’s assertions almost appear ludicrous.

Here’s a General Relativity explanation:  
[http://www.svsu.edu/~slaven/gr/](http://www.svsu.edu/~slaven/gr/)

Or try this for more links:  
[http://search.about.com/fullsearch.htm?meta=rs1&terms=Theory+Of+Relativity](http://search.about.com/fullsearch.htm?meta=rs1&terms=Theory+Of+Relativity)