Relativity Revisited: Flora Lopis & Max Tegmark (MIT)

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The discussion revolves around the paper "Relativity Revisited" by Flora Lopis and Max Tegmark, which reviews Einstein's theories of special and general relativity from an astrophysical perspective. The scope includes historical development, experimental tests, modern applications, and novel expressions of key equations.

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  • Some participants express curiosity about the paper's claim questioning whether Einstein was wrong.
  • Participants note the paper's focus on historical development and modern applications of relativity, including black holes and cosmology.
  • There are requests for assistance on how to download the full text of the paper.
  • One participant shares a link to the paper and provides instructions for downloading the PDF.

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"Relativity Revisited"

"Relativity Revisited"
Authors: Flora Lopis (MIT), Max Tegmark (MIT)

abstract:
Was Einstein wrong? This paper provides a detailed technical review of Einstein's special and general relativity from an astrophysical perspective, including the historical development of the theories, experimental tests, modern applications to black holes, cosmology and parallel universes, and last but not least, novel ways of expressing their seven most important equations.

http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.0016


(Here is the Fall 06 offering of 8.033 http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-033Fall-2006/CourseHome/index.htm )
 
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Flora Lopis and I go way back!

Its good to see her again at this time of the year. :biggrin:

Garth
 
robphy said:
"Relativity Revisited"
Authors: Flora Lopis (MIT), Max Tegmark (MIT)

abstract:
Was Einstein wrong? This paper provides a detailed technical review of Einstein's special and general relativity from an astrophysical perspective, including the historical development of the theories, experimental tests, modern applications to black holes, cosmology and parallel universes, and last but not least, novel ways of expressing their seven most important equations.

http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.0016


(Here is the Fall 06 offering of 8.033 http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-033Fall-2006/CourseHome/index.htm )

please tell me how could I downlolad the fujll text.
thanks
 
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bernhard.rothenstein said:
please tell me how could I downlolad the fujll text.
thanks

Visit
http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.0016
then, in the upper-right corner, click on PDF in the Download section.

Garth said:
Flora Lopis and I go way back!
Hehe... I didn't catch that until your comment.
 

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