Single Idea 20638

[catalogued under 26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature]

Full Idea

Einstein came to general relativity from the principles that the laws of nature are the same in all frames of reference.

Gist of Idea

General relativity assumes laws of nature are the same in all frames of reference

Source

report of Albert Einstein (works [1915]) by Frank Close - Theories of Everything 5 'Cosmological'

Book Reference

Close,Frank: 'Theories of Everything' [Profile Books 2017], p.101


A Reaction

I wish physicists would tell us a bit more about the ontological status of the 'laws of nature'. Presumably they are not supernatural, so there is an aspect of nature which is constant in all frames of reference. Explanation please.