General relativity is a theory of gravitation developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. The theory of general relativity says that the observed...
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The mathematics of general relativity is complicated. In Newton's theories of motion, an object's length and the rate at which time passes remain constant...
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principle Galilean relativity General relativity including Introduction to general relativity Invariant List of textbooks on relativity Newton's laws Preferred...
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General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity, and as Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published...
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In physics, the special theory of relativity, or special relativity for short, is a scientific theory of the relationship between space and time. In Albert...
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General Relativity is a graduate textbook and reference on Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity written by the gravitational physicist Robert...
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list of persons who have made major contributions to the (mainstream) development of general relativity, as acknowledged by standard texts on the subject...
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In general relativity, the metric tensor (in this context often abbreviated to simply the metric) is the fundamental object of study. The metric captures...
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In general relativity, a geodesic generalizes the notion of a "straight line" to curved spacetime. Importantly, the world line of a particle free from...
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Einstein field equations (category General relativity)
In the general theory of relativity, the Einstein field equations (EFE; also known as Einstein's equations) relate the geometry of spacetime to the distribution...
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Adler, Ronald; Bazin, Maurice; Schiffer, Menahem (1975). Introduction to General Relativity (Second ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-000423-4.....
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Tests of general relativity serve to establish observational evidence for the theory of general relativity. The first three tests, proposed by Albert...
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In general relativity, a congruence (more properly, a congruence of curves) is the set of integral curves of a (nowhere vanishing) vector field in a four-dimensional...
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Archibald; Bertschinger, Edmund (2010). Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity (2nd revised ed.). Addison-Wesley. pp. 2–22. ISBN 978-0-321-51286-4...
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Schwarzschild metric (category Exact solutions in general relativity)
Einstein's theory of general relativity, the Schwarzschild metric (also known as the Schwarzschild solution) is an exact solution to the Einstein field...
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Penrose diagram (category Coordinate charts in general relativity)
Geometry – An Introduction to General Relativity. Addison Wesley. p. 471. ISBN 0-8053-8732-3. D'Inverno, Ray (1992). Introducing Einstein's relativity (Repr ed...
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Galilean invariance (redirect from Galilean relativity)
Galilean invariance or Galilean relativity states that the laws of motion are the same in all inertial frames of reference. Galileo Galilei first described...
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ISBN 978-0-19-850370-5. Carroll, Sean M. (2004). Spacetime and geometry: an introduction to general relativity. San Francisco: Addison Wesley. ISBN 978-0-8053-8732-2. OCLC 53245141...
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When studying and formulating Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, various mathematical structures and techniques are utilized. The main tools...
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Einstein's theory of general relativity, but the universality of the gravitational constant is intact and the law still continues to be used as an excellent...
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Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (German: Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie) is a popular science book by Albert...
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Linguistic relativity asserts that language influences worldview or cognition. One form of linguistic relativity, linguistic determinism, regards peoples'...
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Sean; Carroll, Sean M. (2003). Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity. Pearson. "String Theory/Holography/Gravity". Center for Theoretical...
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Christoffel symbols (section In general relativity)
DeWitt-Morette 1977) Ronald Adler, Maurice Bazin, Menahem Schiffer, Introduction to General Relativity (1965) McGraw-Hill Book Company ISBN 0-07-000423-4 (See section...
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The two-body problem in general relativity (or relativistic two-body problem) is the determination of the motion and gravitational field of two bodies...
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Newton's law of universal gravitation and in Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. It is also known as the universal gravitational constant, the Newtonian...
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ISBN 0-7167-0344-0. Carroll, Sean (2003). Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity. Addison Wesley. ISBN 0-8053-8732-3. Black Hole Thermodynamics...
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(2008). Gravity, Black Holes, and the Very Early Universe: An Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-73629-7...
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In general relativity, a vacuum solution is a Lorentzian manifold whose Einstein tensor vanishes identically. According to the Einstein field equation...
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The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed and...
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