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Einstein's Relativity and Everyday Life
published by the American Physical Society
This PhysicsCentral article discusses the importance of relativity for GPS. Both special and general relativity affect the accuracy of GPS, and without correcting for relativistic effects GPS wouldn't work.
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Relativity
- Galilean Relativity
- General Relativity
- Special Relativity
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GPS, general relativity, special relativity
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Metadata instance created August 30, 2011 by Raina Khatri
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August 30, 2011 by Ed Lee
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Einstein's Relativity and Everyday Life. (2011, August 29). Retrieved May 25, 2025, from American Physical Society: https://www.physicscentral.com/explore/writers/will.cfm
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American Physical Society. Einstein's Relativity and Everyday Life. College Park: American Physical Society, August 29, 2011. https://www.physicscentral.com/explore/writers/will.cfm (accessed 25 May 2025).
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