The Manga Guide to Relativity

What Is Relativity? 17

2. Galilean principle of relativity and

Newtonian mechanics

Let's begin with some

historical background

so you can understand

relativity a lile beer.

Historical

background?

It wi probably be easier

for you to understand if

I te you how the theory

of relativity originated.

by the way, since I' glo

over some details, I hope

you' forgive me if my

explanation lacks a lile

scientific precision.

we, I gue

it's okay as

long as I get

the general

idea.

First, more than 300

years before Einstein

made his aearance…

…there was the Galilean

Principle of Relativity

discovered by Galileo Galilei.

Relativity...

principle?

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