Whats the difference between special relativity and general relativity?
Special relativity refers to a “special case” of general relativity: all reference frames in special relativity are inertial, which is equivalent to saying that all relative velocities are constant. General relativity treats non-inertial reference frames, i.e. those that are accelerating with respect to each other. We will not be covering this in this class (it generally requires more math that I can assume we have at our disposal).
