What is relativity?
Einstein's theory of special relativity came first, in 1905 (Wikipedia)How special relativity works (How Stuff Works, Science)Einstein's theory of general relativity came second, in 1915 (Wikipedia)Einstein's theory of general relativity (Space.com)Einstein's theory of general relativity (TedEd)8 ways you can see Einstein's theory of relativity in real life (LiveScience)"Do yourself a favour & read Einstein's paper on special relativity" (io9)Einstein's theory of relativity made easy (YouTube)Theory of relativity explained in 7 minutes (YouTube)Albert Einstein's theory of relativity (YouTube)The 'Annus Mirabilis' or 'Extraordinary Year' papers: Einstein's first 4 papers published in the Annalen der Physik (Wikipedia)Einstein's original special relativity paper as it was published (Universität Wien)English translation of Einstein's original special relativity paper (Fourmilab)Albert Einstein (Time)Speed of light & the principle of relativity (The Physics of the Universe)The real meaning of E=mc2 (YouTube)The luminiferous aether: What they thought light travelled on before relativity (Wikipedia)The Michelson-Morely experiment (Wikipedia)Time dilation (How Stuff Works, Science)Length contraction (How Stuff Works, Science)Time dilation & length contraction (Hyperphysics)Discover the Ladder Paradox, relativity's greatest thought experiment (io9)Here's why astronauts age slower than the rest of us here on Earth (Business Insider)Relativity of simultaneity: Mentions the thought experiment where you can't say for sure that a crash in London & New York happens at the same time (Wikipedia) The 'light cone' diagram (Wikipedia)GPS & relativity (Ohio State University, Prof. Richard Pogge)GPS was launched by the US Government in 1973 & they still own it! (Wikipedia)The official US GPS website (gps.gov)Why do objects increase in mass as they get faster? (Futurism)Photons are massless & must move at the speed of light according to relativity (Wikipedia)What if you travelled faster than the speed of light? (How Stuff Works, Science)Neutrino 'faster than light' scientist resigns (BBC)What is gravity? (Qualitative Reasoning Group)What is gravity really? (NASA)Brian Cox visits the world's biggest vaccuum chamber to drop a bowling ball & a feather in anti-gravity conditions (YouTube)Gravitational time dilation (Wikipedia)David 'Avocado' Wolfe: The guy who thinks gravity is a toxin (Rational Wiki)The 200-year-old mystery of Mercury's orbit — solved! (io9)Vulcan, the hypothetical planet (Wikipedia)If you feel like a belly laugh, check out this discussion about why Vulcan exists, some people even claim to have seen it! (The Flat Earth Society)Planet 9 (Wikipedia)Help astronomers look for planet 9 (EarthSky)What is gravitational lensing? (Phys.org)Unification of gravity (Hyperphysics)Einstein’s folly: How the search for a unified theory stumped him to his dying day (The Conversation)Here's what would happen if the sun disappeared right now (Business Insider)"Men of science more or less agog at results of eclipse observations": How the solar eclipse of 1919 changed our understanding of the universe forever (Starts With a Bang)Astronomers watch a supernova & see re-runs (The New York Times)Gravitational lensing, including some cool pics (Wikipedia)Dark energy, dark matter (NASA)Cosmological redshift (Cosmos)Gravitational redshift (Wikipedia)What are gravitational waves? (LIGO)Gravity Probe B (NASA)What does mercury being liquid at room temperature have to do with Einstein's theory of relativity? (Scientific American)Relativity & why gold is golden (Wikipedia)What gives gold that mellow golden glow? (Fourmilab)Where are you from? Send us a postcard! Strange Attractor, c/ PO Box 9, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, AustraliaCheck out our new Fireside home
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