Relativity
Relativity Links
- Seekers of the Truth Here you will find essays and articles which cover many of the aspects of ethics, science, philosophy, reality, and other areas of thought that stir the mind. Explore and learn about the mysteries and inner workings of this complex universe.
- Southampton GR Explorer An introduction to Einstein's theory of General Relativity and related topics. These pages include informative text, pictures and movies.
- Gravity Probe B Gravity Probe B is the relativity gyroscope experiment being developed by NASA and Stanford University to test two extraordinary, unverified predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.
- Are There Pictorial Examples of Covariant and Contravariant Vectors We present pictorial means of distinguishing contravariant vectors (or simply vectors) from covariant vectors (or linear forms).
- Tools of Tensor Calculus
- Cosmic Topology General relativity does not allow one to specify the topology of space, leaving the possibility that space is multi- rather than simply- connected. This paper reviews the mathematical properties of multi-connected spaces, and the different tools to classify them and to analyse their properties.
- Cosmic Strings A review of the physics which predicts the properties of cosmic strings and topological defects.
- An Essay on General Relativity This site contains a comprehensive introduction to the basic ideas and tests of general relativity
- The Twistor Theory Website Twistor theory offers a new approach, starting with conformally-invariant concepts, to the synthesis of quantum theory and relativity.
- NOVA Online/Einstein Revealed Profile of Albert Einstein, with additional teaching resources, Shockwave demonstrations, and animations of relativity concepts.
- Shapiro Radar Bounce Test A two part overview of the Shapiro radar bounce test of general relativity. (The two parts consist of a section for normal people, and one for nerds)
- Gravitational Waves: An Introduction This paper presents an elementary introduction to the theory of gravitational waves. This article is meant for students who have had an exposure to general relativity, but results from general relativity have been derived in the appendices.
- Special and General Relativity + Faster than light Travelling A thorough explanation of special and general relativity, and a discussion about traveling faster than light, with Star-Trek in mind.
- Physics Bookshelf - Relativity A collection of articles about relativity
- QMW Hyperspace A set of hypertext based services for general relativity research provided by the QMW Relativity group.
- Gravity of Gravity An experiment at the University of Washington seeks to determine whether the gravitational binding energy of an object generates gravity of its own.
- Relativity on the World Wide Web Chris Hillman's bookmarks
- An introduction to the Yilmaz Theory of Gravity Yilmaz discovered an alternative theory of gravitation which surmounts some of the defects of general relativity. The solutions of the field equations contain neither space-time singularities, or, equivalently, there are no black holes.
- Starlight and Mercury's orbit open.org/pitmandu For the junior student; an heuristic development of the equations explaining the precession of the orbit of Mercury and the deflection of light in a gravitational field without using differential geometry. Includes a review of the development of E=mc^2.
- Usenet Relativity FAQ sci.physics.relativity FAQ
- Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics - Relativity A collection of equations important to both special relativity and general relativity.
- The Casimir Effect in Relativity
- Ricci A Mathematica package for doing tensor calculations in differential geometry and general relativity.
- General Relativity Simulation Contest The purpose of this Contest is to prove General Relativity using a (simple) algorithm.
- Interactive Experiments in Gravity Try an experiment that illustrates the gravitational attraction between two objects or use a Java applet to understand how orbits work in strongly curved space-time.
- Relativity bookmarks Rob Salgado's bookmarks
- Solving Einstein's Equations in Three Dimensions This is a Mathematica notebook showing how to plot light cones in two plus one spacetime dimensions with a point mass.
- Gravitational Lensing A popular site with interactive demonstrations of gravitational lensing. The background material is at a graduate level
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