principle of relativity

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He demonstrated his way of making fundamental science in the notion “movement in vacuum” that resulted in the law of inertia, the principle of relativity, and, most importantly, the law of free fall.

From Scientific American • Apr. 7, 2012

From the principle of relativity to evolution by natural selection, the concepts that govern our world are actually not that hard to state.

From Scientific American • Jan. 30, 2012

He applies the principle of relativity to the art of film, as Picasso applied it to painting and Schoenberg to music.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Lewis theory, if accepted, will upset Einstein's principle of relativity which is based on an active past pushing events into a passive future, takes no account of a reversal of the process.

From Time Magazine Archive

The second assumption is a little more troubling, especially since it seems to contradict the principle of relativity.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife