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Join in expert discussion on special and general relativity discussion. Relativity is the dependence of various physical phenomena on relative motion of the observer and the observed objects.

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Graduate Mass and Curved Space Question

May 21, 2004 · Replies 2 · May 28, 2004

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Undergrad Can a Strong Cable Connect Planets Faster Than the Speed of Light?

May 27, 2004 · Replies 7 · May 28, 2004

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Graduate Einstein's Twin Paradox: Age Difference on a Rocket at the Speed of Light

May 27, 2004 · Replies 5 · May 27, 2004

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Undergrad A MACHO is passing the solar system at the velocity of .5c.

May 26, 2004 · Replies 8 · May 27, 2004

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Graduate Positively and Negatively Curved Space-time

May 25, 2004 · Replies 8 · May 27, 2004

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Graduate The concept of mass in relativity

May 26, 2004 · Replies 6 · May 26, 2004

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Graduate Light Deflection: Newton vs Relativity

May 24, 2004 · Replies 5 · May 26, 2004

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Graduate Q'izing GR retains local Lorentz invariance after all?

Oct 10, 2003 · Replies 4 · May 26, 2004

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Graduate Is Time Real? - Explore the Debate

May 23, 2004 · Replies 6 · May 25, 2004

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Graduate Time Dilation Paradox: Q&A Explained

May 21, 2004 · Replies 3 · May 25, 2004

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Graduate New Theory of Time: Velocity Affects Time & Experiments to Prove it

May 17, 2004 · Replies 32 · May 25, 2004

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Time travelling - Einstein's revolution

May 23, 2004 · Replies 11 · May 24, 2004

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Graduate Where and when do length and time dilation occur in special relativity?

May 24, 2004 · Replies 3 · May 24, 2004

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Graduate Is the relativity postulate of simultaneity reasonable?

May 11, 2004 · Replies 9 · May 24, 2004

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Graduate Dr. Aphos and the Theory of Relativity: A Parable of Perception and Physics

May 13, 2004 · Replies 23 · May 24, 2004

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Undergrad Is it possible to time travel according to Einstein's theory?

May 24, 2004 · Replies 2 · May 24, 2004

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Graduate Is Time Relative or Absolute in Spacetime?

May 5, 2004 · Replies 4 · May 24, 2004

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Graduate Deriving Energy in Special Relativity: The Principle of Extremal Aging

May 22, 2004 · Replies 3 · May 23, 2004

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Graduate Geometrodynamics Theory: Understanding Time and Length Dilation

May 22, 2004 · Replies 2 · May 22, 2004

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Graduate Is the Doppler effect responsible for redshifted photons and time dilation?

May 19, 2004 · Replies 2 · May 21, 2004

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Graduate Time dilation and the big bang

Jan 12, 2004 · Replies 27 · May 20, 2004

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Graduate What Is Background Independent Physics and How Does It Change Geometry?

May 19, 2004 · Replies 6 · May 20, 2004

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Graduate Is Time Travel Possible Through Mental Projection?

Apr 29, 2004 · Replies 44 · May 20, 2004

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Graduate Question about frames of reference and clocks

May 5, 2004 · Replies 11 · May 19, 2004

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Graduate Astronomy says light slows down.

Feb 14, 2004 · Replies 4 · May 18, 2004

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Graduate The velocity of light is constant?

May 13, 2004 · Replies 17 · May 17, 2004

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Graduate Twinship, an attempt to understand SR

Apr 11, 2004 · Replies 16 · May 17, 2004

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Graduate Is there only one possible future? Is free will an illusion?

May 17, 2004 · Replies 3 · May 17, 2004

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Graduate Four vectors and Lorentz invariance

May 9, 2004 · Replies 2 · May 16, 2004

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Graduate How Does Photon Doppler Shift Work in Radar Design?

Mar 31, 2004 · Replies 3 · May 15, 2004

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Graduate Time and Indeterminacy vs. Continuity

Oct 14, 2003 · Replies 14 · May 13, 2004

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Undergrad Real Time Travel: Dr. Mallet & His Time Machine

Apr 29, 2004 · Replies 30 · May 12, 2004

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Graduate Gravitational & Inertial Mass: Why the Difference?

May 9, 2004 · Replies 6 · May 11, 2004

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Graduate Velocity Calculation with c^2 Substitution

May 5, 2004 · Replies 4 · May 11, 2004

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Graduate The Path of Light from Distant Galaxies: With or Without Dark Matter and Energy?

May 10, 2004 · Replies 3 · May 10, 2004

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Graduate What is Mach's Principle and its significance in modern physics?

May 5, 2004 · Replies 8 · May 10, 2004

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Graduate Is the Transverse Doppler Effect Dependent on General Relativity?

May 8, 2004 · Replies 3 · May 9, 2004

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High School Introduction to Black Holes: Newbie Questions Answered

Apr 3, 2004 · Replies 40 · May 8, 2004

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Graduate How Could Naked Singularities Exist Beyond the Event Horizon?

May 7, 2004 · Replies 4 · May 8, 2004

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Graduate Perception of Time: How Energy & Gravity Affect Our View of Time

Apr 30, 2004 · Replies 15 · May 8, 2004

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Graduate GR and SR and the speed of change

Apr 29, 2004 · Replies 16 · May 8, 2004

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Graduate Nature of the cosmological constant

May 7, 2004 · Replies 6 · May 8, 2004

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Graduate Question on simultaneous events.

Feb 5, 2004 · Replies 64 · May 7, 2004

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Graduate What is a hypersphere and how can we comprehend its time dimensions?

May 5, 2004 · Replies 3 · May 6, 2004

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Graduate Quantum Mechanics: Unfamiliar Arena of Before & After

May 4, 2004 · Replies 3 · May 5, 2004

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Graduate Relativity and the Puzzling Effects of Velocity on Mass: Encarta Insights

May 2, 2004 · Replies 8 · May 4, 2004

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Graduate Pen State Lectures Feb 2004: Abhay Ashtekar

Apr 29, 2004 · Replies 29 · May 3, 2004

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Graduate Alternative theories to General Relativity - great opportunity

Apr 14, 2004 · Replies 19 · May 2, 2004

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Undergrad Questioning Time Travel: Can We? Should We?

Apr 30, 2004 · Replies 10 · May 1, 2004

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Undergrad A computer teacher on a physics roll here?

May 1, 2004 · Replies 1 · May 1, 2004

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Graduate Is the Kerr-Newman Solution the Only Model for Charged Rotating Black Holes?

Apr 30, 2004 · Replies 1 · Apr 30, 2004

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Graduate Invariant under Lorentz transformation

Apr 28, 2004 · Replies 6 · Apr 30, 2004

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Graduate Can You Explain the Basic Equations of General Relativity in 20 Minutes?

Apr 30, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 30, 2004

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Graduate Light Static? 4D Space, Expanding Upwards at c

Apr 4, 2004 · Replies 10 · Apr 28, 2004

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Graduate GPB hopefully to end DM nonsense

Apr 20, 2004 · Replies 13 · Apr 27, 2004

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Graduate Consistence problems and Introduction to relativity

Apr 25, 2004 · Replies 3 · Apr 27, 2004

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Undergrad How Does Mass Distort Spacetime?

Apr 22, 2004 · Replies 4 · Apr 27, 2004

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Undergrad Is Mass Truly Just Energy in Different Forms?

Apr 17, 2004 · Replies 14 · Apr 27, 2004

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Undergrad SR Misunderstanding: Mass from E=mc^2?

Apr 26, 2004 · Replies 7 · Apr 27, 2004

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Graduate Understanding Causality & Tacheyon Time Travel

Apr 26, 2004 · Replies 5 · Apr 26, 2004

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Graduate Understanding Einstein's Relativity: From Energy Equations to Series Development

Apr 26, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 26, 2004

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Graduate Is Metric Required for Expansion and Causality in Science?

Apr 24, 2004 · Replies 5 · Apr 26, 2004

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Graduate The Pugilistic Albert - Round 2

Apr 13, 2004 · Replies 34 · Apr 26, 2004

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Graduate String and Relativity questions

Apr 23, 2004 · Replies 18 · Apr 26, 2004

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Graduate Can Reverse Gravitational Force be Used for Interstellar Travel?

Apr 21, 2004 · Replies 9 · Apr 25, 2004

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Undergrad Relative Direction: Proving Einstein's Theory with Clocks

Apr 24, 2004 · Replies 6 · Apr 25, 2004

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Undergrad Why Do People Believe in Einstein Theory Over Push/Radiation Theory?”

Apr 24, 2004 · Replies 12 · Apr 25, 2004

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Graduate Michelson and Morley solved, relativity gone

Mar 18, 2004 · Replies 129 · Apr 25, 2004

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Graduate Gravity Probe B: A foregone conclusion?

Apr 24, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 24, 2004

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Graduate Understanding Relativity: The Sophomore's Question and Einstein's Answer

Apr 19, 2004 · Replies 37 · Apr 23, 2004

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Graduate Speed of light in a comoving frame

Apr 20, 2004 · Replies 16 · Apr 23, 2004

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Graduate The Science of Time Travel: Uncovering Ancient Knowledge and Modern Discoveries

Feb 9, 2004 · Replies 32 · Apr 23, 2004

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Graduate Relativity and accelerating observers?

Apr 20, 2004 · Replies 10 · Apr 23, 2004

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Graduate Charges in gravitational fields

Apr 22, 2004 · Replies 6 · Apr 23, 2004

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Graduate What is the medium that affects the speed of light in the Fizeau Experiment?

Apr 21, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 23, 2004

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Graduate How can I relate four formulas from special relativity to find a solution?

Apr 22, 2004 · Replies 3 · Apr 22, 2004

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Graduate A newbie question on time dilation formula

Apr 22, 2004 · Replies 6 · Apr 22, 2004

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Gravity probe launching countdown

Apr 16, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 19, 2004

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Undergrad Doesn't light's constant speed dictate an 'ether'?

Mar 26, 2004 · Replies 105 · Apr 19, 2004

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Graduate Doppler & Absorption: Effects on Light Wavelengths

Mar 31, 2004 · Replies 18 · Apr 19, 2004

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Graduate Time Dilation different depending on cause?

Apr 11, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 18, 2004

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Graduate Quantum gravity and planck scales.

Apr 10, 2004 · Replies 7 · Apr 18, 2004

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Graduate Relativistic equations, how does one isolate variables?

Apr 17, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 17, 2004

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Graduate The Expansion Tendency of the Universe According to GR

Mar 31, 2004 · Replies 29 · Apr 14, 2004

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Graduate This relativistic kinetic energy equation makes no sense to me

Apr 14, 2004 · Replies 5 · Apr 14, 2004

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Graduate Traveling Back in Time: Breaking Einstein's 4 Dimensions

Mar 28, 2004 · Replies 21 · Apr 14, 2004

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Graduate What is the Double Special Relativity theory?

Apr 7, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 14, 2004

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High School Why the symbol c was chosen to represent the speed of light

Apr 7, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 14, 2004

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Graduate Testing General Relativity, and perhaps Quantum Gravity

Mar 28, 2004 · Replies 9 · Apr 14, 2004

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Graduate Has light wavelength compression been proven?

Apr 11, 2004 · Replies 5 · Apr 13, 2004

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Graduate Graviton Questions: How Do Gravitons Pass Through Objects?

Apr 10, 2004 · Replies 3 · Apr 13, 2004

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Undergrad The Pugilistic Albert - Round 1

Apr 12, 2004 · Replies 4 · Apr 13, 2004

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Graduate What happens to mass at the speed of light

Apr 1, 2004 · Replies 16 · Apr 13, 2004

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Graduate Applying the lorentz transformation

Apr 9, 2004 · Replies 7 · Apr 13, 2004

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Graduate Does mass truly increase with energy according to special relativity?

Mar 31, 2004 · Replies 6 · Apr 13, 2004

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Graduate Can Mach's Principle Be Tested with a Gyroscope in the Void of Space?

Apr 9, 2004 · Replies 8 · Apr 12, 2004

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Graduate The Peripatetic Albert - Warmup Lap

Apr 11, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 12, 2004

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Undergrad What Are the Best Resources for Understanding Einstein's Relativity?

Apr 10, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 12, 2004

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Undergrad How can mass equation rely on 'rest mass'?

Apr 11, 2004 · Replies 6 · Apr 12, 2004

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Undergrad Relativistic Mass Propulsion or the RMP

Mar 26, 2004 · Replies 8 · Apr 11, 2004

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Relativity

The theory of relativity, formulated by Albert Einstein, comprises two fundamental theories—special and general relativity. Special relativity, proposed in 1905, redefines our understanding of space and time by asserting the constancy of the speed of light for all observers and introducing concepts like time dilation and length contraction.

General relativity, presented in 1915, extends these principles to incorporate gravity. It describes gravity as the curvature of spacetime caused by massive objects, leading to phenomena like gravitational time dilation and the prediction of black holes. Einstein's equations have been consistently validated through experiments and observations, profoundly influencing our comprehension of the universe's fabric and dynamics.

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