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General theory of relativity

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A generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence). Synonyms: Einstein's general theory of relativity, general relativity, general relativity theory.

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... impressed change of its existing state of movement. This property is closely linked up with another one, weight. The coincidence of the two has of late become a puzzle to science, and it was Albert Einstein who tried to solve it by establishing his General Theory of Relativity. The need to seek such solutions falls away in a science which extends scientific understanding to conditions of matter in which weight and inertia are no longer dominant characteristics. What becomes of inertia when matter is subject to magical causation ...

— Man or Matter • Ernst Lehrs

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