The text briefly distinguishes Special and General relativity by their functions: "explain the structure of space time and provide a theory of gravitation, respectively." Based on this distinction, what different types of physical phenomena or questions do you infer each theory primarily addresses?

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For works with similar titles, see Relativity . ← Relativity: The Special and General Theory ( 1931 ) by Albert Einstein , illustrated by Hermann Struck , translated by Robert William Lawson THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY → related portals : Relativity An introduction to Einstein ’s space-bending, time-stretching Theory of Relativity , first published in December 1916. Special and General relativity explain the structure of space time and provide a theory of gravitation , respectively. Einstein’s theories shocked the world with their counterintuitive results, including the dissolution of…

on of a different kind). In this sense we speak of the special principle of relativity, or special theory of relativity. In contrast to this we wish to understand by the “general principle of relativity” the following ​ statement: All bodies of reference K {\displaystyle K} , K ′ {\displaystyle K'} , etc., are equivalent for the description of natural phenomena (formulation of the general laws of nature), whatever may be their state of motion. But before proceeding farther, it ought to be pointed out that this formulation must be replaced later by a more abstract one, for reasons which will…

Layout 2 ← THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY Relativity by Albert Einstein , illustrated by Hermann Struck , translated by Robert William Lawson Special and General Principle of Relativity The Gravitational Field → New York: Peter Smith, pages 69–73 4372010 Relativity — Special and General Principle of Relativity ​ XVIII SPECIAL AND GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY T HE basal principle, which was the pivot of all our previous considerations, was the special principle of relativity, i.e. the principle of the physical relativity of all uniform motion. Let us once more analyse its meaning…

had been found which were contradictory to this principle. At this juncture the theory of relativity entered the arena. As a result of an analysis of the physical conceptions of time and space, it became evident that in reality there is not the least incompatibility between the principle of relativity and the law of propagation of light , and that by systematically holding fast to both these laws a logically rigid theory could be arrived at. This theory has been called the special theory of relativity to distinguish it from the extended theory, with which we shall deal later. In the following…

Layout 2 ← The Possibility of a ‘‘Finite” and yet “Unbounded” Universe Relativity by Albert Einstein , illustrated by Hermann Struck , translated by Robert William Lawson The Structure of Space according to the General Theory of Relativity Simple Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation → New York: Peter Smith, pages 135–137 4372027 Relativity — The Structure of Space according to the General Theory of Relativity ​ XXXII THE STRUCTURE OF SPACE ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY A CCORDING to the general theory of relativity, the geometrical properties of space are not independent,…