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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Question about Curvature caused by Mass
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High School
Local/Proper Time of EM Waves: Explained
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High School
Frame dragging and co-rotating shells
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Undergrad
Is the speed of light constant?
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High School
Is the speed of light a degree of freedom?
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Send Information Faster than Light: Point A to B
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Graduate
Deriving Equations of Motion in GR
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Undergrad
Mass/energy in general relativity
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High School
Question about time and particle interactions
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Undergrad
Parallel transport vs Fermi Transport
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High School
Light Beams Attraction: e=mc^2 & Asymmetry
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Undergrad
Getting to Grips with Rank-2 Tensors
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High School
Some questions about light and relativity
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High School
Relativity’s Effect on Consciousness
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High School
Gravity: Force or Distortion of Spacetime?
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High School
Rindler - uniform acceleration
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Undergrad
Derivation of length contraction
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High School
Einstein's Epiphany of Constant Light Speed
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High School
Negative potential energy and negative mass
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Undergrad
Time Dilation, Clocks, & Gravity
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Undergrad
Lorentz transformation validity
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High School
Understanding Black Hole Equations Conceptually
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High School
Can Photons be in a Stable Orbit? GR Analysis
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Undergrad
Square of the difference of four-vectors
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Undergrad
Rest Energy in special relativity
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High School
Shape of Universe & Cosmological Principle
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Undergrad
Electromagnetism and relativity
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High School
Muon Time Dilation: Earth vs Muon Perspective
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