The Basic Idea of the General Theory of Relativity

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Was Galileo wrong?
The answer is no. Then what is special in Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity(STR)? The answer is that in STR , we know about the kinematics of high speed objects. In a certain limit the Lorentz Transformation or Einstein's Relativity merge with Galilean Transformation. The limit is " Object is moving very slowly, to be most precise the object is moving slowly with respect to speed of light".  more...