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written by Brian Tung
This site offers information about Einsteins Theory of General and Special Relativity and how it changed the idea's of Newton about gravity.  The author begins with a summary of Newton's three laws and his law on gravity.  It concludes with Einstein's theories and the predictions of his theories like gravitational lensing.
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Astronomy
- Fundamentals
Classical Mechanics
- Applications of Newton's Laws
- Gravity
- Relative Motion
Relativity
- General Relativity
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© 2001 Brian Tung
Keywords:
Einstien, Newton, general realitivity, length contraction, lensing, special, time dilation
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Metadata instance created March 19, 2004 by Kara Lehman
Record Updated:
August 10, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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B. Tung, (2001), WWW Document, (http://www.astronomycorner.net/games/general.html).
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B. Tung, The Grand Illusion - Einstein's paradoxical proposal: gravity is but a change in perspective (2001), <http://www.astronomycorner.net/games/general.html>.
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Tung, B. (2001). The Grand Illusion - Einstein's paradoxical proposal: gravity is but a change in perspective. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from http://www.astronomycorner.net/games/general.html
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Tung, Brian. The Grand Illusion - Einstein's paradoxical proposal: gravity is but a change in perspective. 2001. http://www.astronomycorner.net/games/general.html (accessed 14 December 2024).
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Tung, Brian. The Grand Illusion - Einstein's paradoxical proposal: gravity is but a change in perspective. 2001. 14 Dec. 2024 <http://www.astronomycorner.net/games/general.html>.
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