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Undergrad Gravitation Speed/Acceleration/Velocity
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Graduate Is Action at a Distance Compatible with Quantum Mechanics and Relativity?
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Graduate What software do people use for tensor manipulation in general relativity?
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Graduate E = mc^2: Identity or equality
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Graduate Is gravity really just acceleration? And what about gravitons?
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Graduate Where are we on gravitational waves/graviton?
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Graduate Calculating mass and speed from kinetic energy and linear momentum
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Undergrad Does Gravity Expand and Collapse or is it Always Present?
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Graduate Special Relativity. timespace correlation.
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Undergrad Is Einstein's Theory of Relativity Flawed?
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Graduate Can particles traveling near the speed of light create a time reversal effect?
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Graduate How Does Dark Energy Exert Pressure in the Universe?
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Graduate Event Horizon vs Singularity: Are They the Same Thing in Black Hole Physics?
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Graduate What Determines the Direction of Space Curvature by Mass in General Relativity?
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Graduate Time flow & Cosmic Background Radiation
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Graduate Question about expanding black holes
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Graduate Can two events be perceived in reverse order due to relativistic effects?
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Graduate Escape velocity outside event horizon
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Graduate Can a falling feather inside a rocket ship create a black hole?
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Undergrad Why Doesn't a Photon's Energy Knock Us Out?
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Graduate Conservation of energy in GR and symmetry
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Graduate Can an Accelerating Universe Rotate According to GR Principles?
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Graduate Into the past ?: Tricky SpaceTime Diagrams?
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Graduate Is This Explanation of Black Holes Accurate According to Mainstream Theory?
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Graduate Those who use relativistic mass and why
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Graduate Are There Any Alternative Models to Explain Gravity?
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Graduate Stresses in a rotating object?
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Graduate Measuring the Speed of Light from Distant Sources: How Do We Know It's Constant?
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Graduate Matter Forms Space & Time is Relative Motion
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Graduate So we have problems with clocks measureing time ?
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Undergrad How can we explain special relativity to skeptics?
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Undergrad Solving the Twins Paradox: Could Einstein be Wrong?
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Graduate Can an Arbitrary Co-ordinate System Be Used for Observers in GR?
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Graduate The fundenental law of relativity
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Graduate Oh My God Particle - Fourmilab
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Undergrad Is Time Travel Backwards Theoretically Possible?
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Graduate Solving a Random Equation: a=dt_o/t^3sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)
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Graduate Infinitie tidal forces at event horizon?
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Graduate What Are the Key Properties of Tensor Equations in General Relativity?
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Graduate Can Special Relativity's Equations Be Modified to Avoid Infinities and Zeroes?
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Graduate Calculating Relative Speed in 2D: Solving for Gamma with Two Spaceships
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Graduate Relativity Question: Two spaceships following each other near C
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What Would Sound Like at the Speed of Light?
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Graduate Spacetime and Euclidean Geometry-Jacobson
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Graduate Speed light travels on earth and in our solar system
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Graduate Question about the metric tensor in Einstein's field equations.
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Graduate Practical Use For Length Contraction?
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Graduate Can Humans See Bodies Traveling at the Speed of Light?
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Graduate Latest Developments on Black and White Hole-Theory and Anti-Gravity
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Graduate Matter <--> Energy Conversions: A Phase Transition?
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Graduate Can Matter and Energy Truly Be Annihilated According to Relativity?
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Graduate Do Gravitons Play a Role in Simulated Gravity on a Rotating Spacestation?
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Graduate Do Einstein's Theories of Relativity Contradict Each Other?
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Graduate What is the nature of mass and its relationship to movement?
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Graduate Does relativistic mass have a gravitational component?
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Graduate Is Time a Mobius Dimension in Relativity Theory?
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Graduate The Pinwheel Paradox: What's the Solution?
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Graduate Shape of the Universe: Conditions for Viable Theory
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Graduate Theories of Relativity: Analogon
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Undergrad How Does Water Slow Down Light Without Violating Special Relativity?
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Graduate GR: A First Course in General Relativity
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Graduate Does G.Relativity Violate Energy Basics?
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Graduate Explaining C: How Space Changes with Speed
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Graduate Correction to length contraction equation
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Graduate Train Experiment: Does Simultaneity Depend on Frame of Reference?
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Graduate How Does Einstein's Theory Explain the Nature of Space?
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Graduate Is a change in earth's surface gravity detectable?
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Graduate GR Questions: Light & Gravity Effects
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Graduate What is the Entropy Value of a 5 Solar Mass Black Hole?
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High School The difference b/t free fall and outer space
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Graduate Length Contraction and the Bomb Paradox
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Graduate What is the Speed of Light, Dark Matter?
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Graduate Energy Reference Frames: Consensus on Object Energy Across Different Observers?
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Graduate Angular Contraction: Wheel Rotation & Ruler
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Undergrad What Starter Texts Can Help Understand Differential Geometry for GTR?
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Graduate Exploring the Effects of Space Time Expansion on Unbound Bodies
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Undergrad How fast is a relativistic velocity?
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Graduate Speed of light and length contraction
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Graduate Definition of a clock in relativity theory
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Graduate I'm holding a pole and running at a relativistic velocity
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Graduate Light Around Black Holes: Can It Orbit?
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Graduate Anyone here look at Einsteins calculations?
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Graduate Einstein, Ziegler and Planck: 1909
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Graduate NASA's Gravity Probe B: Testing Einstein's Theory of Relativity
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Will Hawking or Penrose ever win Nobel Prize?
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Undergrad Relativistic Doppler effect (for sound?)
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Undergrad Calculating Time Dilation: A Lorentz Transformation
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Undergrad What Is the Difference Between Dark Matter and Dark Energy?
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Graduate Gravity, Gravitons, and Geodesics.
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Request for Opinion on DW's Excellent Website - Geocities.com/zcphysicsms
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Graduate Why do the Einstein Field Equations have multiple solutions?
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Graduate What Happens to Light Speed When Measured from a Fast-Moving Space Station?
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Graduate Weyl Curvature, Mach's Principle, and Heisenberg Uncertainty?
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Graduate Length contraction and field theory
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Graduate Dought regarding equivalence principle
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Graduate Question about special relativity
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Undergrad Einstein's Constant: The Speed of Light Irrespective of Source
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Graduate Metrics in Special Relativity & General Relativity
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Graduate What are the implications of gravity and other dimensions in our universe?
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Graduate Solution to GR Field Equations
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