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    Relativity Questions: Can Time Change Significantly in Space or Black Holes?

    Would these be a terrible investment? http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/physics-i-for-dummies-steven-holzner/1100256760?ean=9780470903247&itm=3&usri=physics+for+dummies...
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    Relativity Questions: Can Time Change Significantly in Space or Black Holes?

    It's too bad I can't just sign up for physics classes with no intention of a degree. Well, apparently I have a whole lot to read. I wonder if they have any Dummies books for physics. : ) I'll start reading all that. -and apparently relearning a lot of math. Cause most of that looks like...
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    Relativity Questions: Can Time Change Significantly in Space or Black Holes?

    What if two planets were like 20 feet apart and I was floating equally in-between them. Would I not see any shifting? Do I have to memorize and learn these equations on these pages to learn how Gravitational redshift works? So, to make sure I'm following this. Redshift and Blueshift are...
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    Relativity Questions: Can Time Change Significantly in Space or Black Holes?

    Thank you Naty1. I'll start reading those. I posted here because often on forums - they'll redirect you if there is a post even remotely similar to what you want to know. So I'll create new topics if I have any questions from what you wrote and what I'm about to read. Thanks!
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    Relativity Questions: Can Time Change Significantly in Space or Black Holes?

    Blame it on Woodstock. Can I ask a stupid question? Actually two of them? First off, I'm not a physicists. I write php code for a living and that is the boring reality my life is. Just so you know why my questions are stupid. :) I was reading about gravitational time dilation - (as an...
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    Figuring out compounding interest

    I don't understand. Is there just a regular formula with x's and y's and all those happy letters that does this? You know, where I can just plug the numbers in. The formula above I forgot how I came up with it. The answer isn't as important to me as understanding it. Not that I don't...
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    Figuring out compounding interest

    I talk to people a lot about the power in investing their money. I've always relied on Excel to figure out things though and I'm getting sick of it. So I figured there was a way to do it simpler with math than making gigantic lists that detailed every month and year a person invests money...
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