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Graduate Gravitational polarity, called antigravity
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Graduate Solving Detonator Paradox in Edwin F. Taylor's Spacetime Physics
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Graduate Explaining Synchrotron Radiation in Electron's Frame
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Graduate *pervect - Local Lorentz Frame
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Graduate Is the Vacuum a Preferred Frame of Reference in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Photon Associated with Electromagnetic Wave
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High School Black Holes: Is Super Dense Matter a Better Explanation?
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Graduate Can the Lorentz Transformations be derived with only two conditions?
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Undergrad Why objects with different mass fall with same velocity?
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Graduate How can a black hole be created, any model
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Graduate The Effects of Relativity on a Bulb Setup
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Graduate Why black holes can have static electric fields?
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Graduate Relativistic Mass: Does Spacetime Distort at High Velocities?
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Graduate The Claim: Gravitation is acceleration.
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People's Opinions on "Speed of Shadows
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Graduate Does Time Freeze Near a Black Hole's Event Horizon?
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Graduate Correct My Misunderstanding of Special Relativity
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Graduate Speed of light while chasing after it
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Graduate Deriving Field Equations of Einstein-Cartan Theory from Hilbert Action
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Graduate Mass & Velocity Paradox: Solving a Relativity Conundrum
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Graduate Perfect fluid, stress energy tensor in the rest frame,
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Graduate Transforming E and B in Electromagnetic Waves Through Moving Media
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Graduate Proving 2nd Postulate of SR: Michelson-Morley Experiment
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Graduate No width contraction in Michelson Morley Experiment, why?
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High School Can I Attain Any Velocity & Slow Down Time?
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High School The Feeling of Time Alone in Space
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Graduate What Are SL(2,C) and SO(1,3) in Lorentz Transformations?
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Graduate E=m'c^2: A Comprehensive Guide to Deriving the Famous Equation
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Graduate Particles collisions at speeds greater than c :surprised
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Graduate Does the Rest Mass of Photon Gas Change with Unidirectional Motion?
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Graduate About the so-call two errors (mistakes) in Misner-Thorne-Wheeler
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Graduate Gr-qc/921001 - the constraint algebra of general relativity
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Graduate Stress-energy tensor and pressure
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Graduate How did Maxwell build his theory
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Graduate Was Einstein Wrong About Relativity of Simultaneity?
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Graduate What does Roy Kerr's new eprint reveal about the interior of black holes?
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High School Simple Explanation of Relativity - Learn What Relativity Is
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Graduate I am attempting a condition where Newton and Einstein agree
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Graduate Constant Acceleration: Thought Experiment & Answers
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Graduate Invariant and covariant in special relativity
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Graduate Is Faster-Than-Light Travel Truly Impossible?
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Graduate Aging related to speed of the Earth
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Graduate Is Space-Time Curvature Zero Inside a Spherical Cavity at Earth's Center?
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Graduate Why is c the Limit? Understanding the Speed of Light Explained
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Graduate Black holes and entropy: energy with respect to infinity
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Graduate Gr-qc/921001 - the constraint algebra of general relativity
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Graduate Do light and gravity take identical geodesics?
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Undergrad Why c=1 in relativistic equations
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Graduate Lorentz group, Poincaré group and conformal group
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High School Time dilation in plain english
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Graduate Gravitational Effects on a 1 Mile Length of Rope
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Graduate Mass of a system of two photons
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Graduate Light Speed Relativity: Discussions on Simultaneous Photons
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Undergrad Question about deflection of light test
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Graduate Orbital Mechanics: NASA Launching Probes & GR/SR Considerations
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Graduate Is Time a Measure of Length in a Single Point?
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Graduate Electron beams and an inertial frame problem
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Graduate Theory of Everything: Bridging Relativity & Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate I have devised away to travel Faster Than Light
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Graduate Proof of Mass Dilation: Experimental Evidence & Examples
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Undergrad How Does a Black Hole Attract Light?
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Graduate Physical Intuition for Length Contraction
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Graduate Schwarzchild solution with cosmological constant
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Undergrad Can space-time curvature be applied to artificial satellites.
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Graduate What do they do in numerical GR ?
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Graduate Trying to wrap my pea sized brain around the universe.
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Graduate Energy-mom tensor does not determine curvature tensor uniquely ?
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Undergrad Questions about General Relativity (GR) - Andrew
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Graduate Solving Basic SR Confusion for Twin Paradox
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Graduate Why is the speed of light constant in special relativity?
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Undergrad Questions about motion equations
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Undergrad General Relativity for Dummies
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Graduate Why is the curvature around a star asymmetrical in the theory of relativity?
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Graduate From the scalar of curvature (Newman-Penrose formalism) to the Ricci scalar
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Graduate Fundamental identity of SR valid in GR?
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Graduate Time dilation without acceleration
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Graduate Complex four vector algebra in relativity
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Graduate Smolin's in depth perspective on Einstein, man and mind (NYRB)
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Graduate A question about a relativity light clock
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Undergrad Time Dilation: An Explainer for Beginners
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Graduate Does Einstein's General Relativity need to be adjusted for the Higgs field?
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Undergrad How Can Photons Have Momentum If They Have No Mass?
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Undergrad Time Dilation Explained: Why Planes Lose Time
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Graduate How to survive in a black hole: Myth Debunked
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Graduate Understanding SR: The Relationship Between Speed, Time, and Space Explained
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Graduate Debunking Crackpot Theories on Special and General Relativity | calphysics.org
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High School Is Time Travel Physically Possible According to Einstein's Theories?
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Graduate Nothing can exceed the speed of light
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Graduate Uncovering the Metric Sign in Einstein's Equations
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Graduate Effects of Accelerating Point Mass on Orbital Dynamics
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Graduate What is a Cauchy surface and its significance in spacetime?
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Graduate Is Time a Constant Journey or a Fixed Point in Space?
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Graduate General Relativity: Comparing Newtonian and Einstein Circular Orbits
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Graduate Speed of light in the universe, experimental data
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Graduate About interpretations and logic
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Graduate Does the Sun Create Different Geodesics for Each Planet?
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Graduate Light, Elevators, and Gravity: A Confusing Experiment or Just Me?
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Graduate Does a black hole have a stress-energy tensor?
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Graduate How Does Newton's Second Law Adapt to Relativistic Speeds?
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Graduate Non-relativistic derivation of Schwarzschild's equation
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