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Teaching Physics Using Virtual Reality  [ Computer Program ]
  
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100
Author:
Savage, Craig
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Relativity / Special Relativity / Relativistic Kinematics
Relativity / Special Relativity
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This web site provides pedagogical material to use with Real Time Relativity, a virtual relativistic world simulator. Included are a lab using the software, student evaluations, and web resources for teaching ...
http://www.anu.edu.au/Physics/vrproject/welcome.html
Real Time Relativity  [ Computer Program ]
  
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Author:
Savage, Craig
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subject:
Relativity / Special Relativity
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This web site hosts a computer program that allows the user to interactively experience a virtual relativistic world. It is available for both Windows and Mac computers. This software is a central element ...
http://realtimerelativity.org/index.html
Scienceface.org 
  
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100
Editor:
Schutz, Bernard
Main Level:
Informal Education
Subjects:
Relativity / General Relativity / Black Holes
Astronomy / Stars / Black Holes
Astronomy / Galaxies / Active Galaxies
Relativity / Spacetime Fundamentals / Curvature
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This web site presents a series of fifteen 10-minute interviews with leading research scientists about black holes. The interviewer is a young person so that the discussions are at a high-school level. The ...
http://www.scienceface.org
Galilean Relativity 
  
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Author:
Wudka, Jose
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Relativity / Galilean Relativity
Motion, Forces, and Energy / Relative Motion
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This is an article on the Galilean interpretation of relativity. The article emphasizes that velocity is only relevant when measured with respect to something else and also continues to describe how friction ...
http://physics.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/node47.html
Spacetime Geometry Inside a Black Hole 
  
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100
Author:
Haldenwang, Jim
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Relativity / General Relativity
Astronomy / Stars / Black Holes
Relativity / Special Relativity
Relativity / Special Relativity / Time Dilation
Relativity / General Relativity / Black Holes
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This web page explains current knowledge of the geometry of spacetime within a black hole to a reader with limited knowledge of general relativity. The author presents a review of special relativity along ...
http://members.cox.net/jhaldenwang/black_hole.htm
Foundations 2: From Special to General 
  
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100
Author:
Egan, Greg
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Relativity / Mathematics / Differential Geometry
Relativity / General Relativity
Relativity / Mathematics / Tensors
Relativity / Mathematics / Manifold
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This web page is an overview of the geometrical foundations of general relativity. It gives a conceptual explanation of the topics of curvature, manifolds, and coordinates on curved spaces. It is a portion ...
http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/FOUNDATIONS/02/found02.html
Einstein's Scientific Achievements 
  
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Publisher:
Questacon
Main Level:
Middle School
Subjects:
General Physics / History
Relativity / History
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This short biographical sketch of Albert Einstein gives a brief overview of his life and science. The second page gives a brief explanation of Einstein's major contributions to science including relativity ...
http://www.questacon.edu.au/indepth/einstein/
Levi-Civita's Concept of the Parallel Transport of Vectors on a Surface 
  
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100
Author:
Watkins, Thayer
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Relativity / Mathematics / Differential Geometry
Other Sciences / Mathematics
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This web page is devoted to giving an explanation of Levi-Civita's concepts of vector transport and holonomy, which are important in mathematical physics. The page is written for a reader with knowledge of ...
http://www.applet-magic.com/paralleltransport.htm
Black Holes: Gravity's Relentless Pull 
  
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Author:
van der Marel, Roeland
Publisher:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Office of Public Outreach
Main Level:
Informal Education
Subjects:
Relativity / General Relativity / Black Holes
Astronomy / Space Exploration
Astronomy / Stars / Black Holes
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This is an interactive web site about black holes. The site allows the user to view computer simulations of finding and traveling to black holes while also providing information of their properties and classifications. ...
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/
General Relativity; An Einstein Centenary Survey  [ Book ]
  
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Editors:
Hawking, Stephen
Israel, Werner
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Main Level:
Graduate/Professional
Subjects:
Relativity / General Relativity
General Physics / History
Relativity / Beyond Relativity
Relativity / History
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Written in honor of Albert Einstein's 100th birthday, this text was created by 21 experts in the theory of relativity to present the current state of research in the subject. Written at a very high level, ...
http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521299282
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