relativity: Media

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Videos

Explaining E = mc2
Brian Greene kicking off his Daily Equation video series with Albert Einstein's...
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curvature and parallel motion
Albert Einstein described gravity in terms of the curvature of space and time. Brian...
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Understand Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, about what is absolute and not relative
Description of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity as a theory about what is absolute...
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How are gravitational waves applied in science and in everyday life?
Learn about the significance of gravitational waves in science and in everyday life.
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Know the different kinds of dimensions and how they are different from one another
Learn how to rethink the way dimensions are labeled and distinguished from one another.
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Learn how immovable objects and unstoppable forces are the same
A lesson proving immovable objects and unstoppable forces are one and the same.
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Learn about the incomplete definition of momentum and its modification in the theory of relativity
Learn how the definition of momentum is modified in the theory of relativity.
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Know about the complete formula for energy in the theory of relativity
Learn how the complete equation for energy in the theory of relativity is not E...
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Know how GPS satellites guide airplanes, cars, and even cell phones
Learn how GPS satellites are affected by relativity.
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Images

invariance of the speed of light
Arrows shot from a moving train (A) and from a stationary location (B)...
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Newtonian reference frames
Isaac Newton reconciled different frames of reference with the equation x′...
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simultaneous events
Simultaneous events may appear to coincide in time for one observer but not for...
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length contraction and time dilation
As an object approaches the speed of light, an observer sees the object become shorter...
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curved space-time
The four dimensional space-time continuum itself is distorted in the vicinity of...
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black hole in M87
Black hole at the center of the massive galaxy M87, about 55 million light-years...
Event Horizon Telescope collaboration et al.
experimental evidence for general relativity
In 1919 observation of a solar eclipse confirmed Einstein's prediction that light...
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