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The Grand Illusion - Einstein's paradoxical proposal: gravity is but a change in perspective 
  
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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…
http://www.astronomycorner.net/games/general.html
Reflections on Relativity 
  
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This book examines the evolution of the principle of relativity in its classical, special, and general incarnations, both from a technical and a historical perspective, with the aim…
https://www.mathpages.com/rr/rrtoc.htm
Cosmology: An Introductory Resource Guide for Instructors 
  
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A. Fraknoi; Publisher: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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This resource guide for introductory astronomy highlights useful and accessible materials on the web and in print. It is designed to help instructors quickly compile high-quality…
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270648471_Cosmology_The_Origin_...
Special Relativity 
  
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This web site presents the fundamental concepts of Special Relativity along with some more advanced topics. The relativity postulates are used to explain consequences of the theory,…
https://jila.colorado.edu/~ajsh/sr/sr.html
MacTutor History of Mathematics: General Relativity 
  
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This article reviews the history, theories and contributions that led Albert Einstein to formulate the theories of Special and General Relativity. It starts from the understanding of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/General_relativity/
Perimeter Institute Educational Resources 
  
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Editor: D. Pope; Publisher: Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics
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This is the collection of the Perimeter Institute's free digital resources, designed to help teachers explain a range of important physics and science topics. Each compilation…
https://resources.perimeterinstitute.ca/
GR Schwarzschild Particle Energy Program  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The GR Schwarzschild Particle Energy program simulates orbits of objects around a black hole using the Schwarzschild metric. It also displays a plot of the effective potential well…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7230&DocID=...
Inside Black Holes 
  
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Andy Hamilton's index of gif animations of black holes includes: orbiting, approaching and falling into a black hole, Schwarzchild geometry, white holes and wormholes, black hole…
https://jila.colorado.edu/~ajsh/insidebh/intro.html
General Relativity (GR) Package  [ Computer Program ]
  
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W. Christian, M. Belloni, and A. Cox
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The General Relativity (GR) Package is a self-contained file for the teaching of general relativity. The file contains ready-to-run OSP programs and a set of curricular materials.…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7351&DocID=...
Proceedings of the AAPT Topical Workshop: Teaching General Relativity to Undergraduates  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers, Teaching General Relativity to Undergraduates (2006).
The Teaching General Relativity to Undergraduates topical workshop allowed participants to share how they teach undergraduate physics students the basic concepts and important…
https://www.aapt.org/doorway/TGRU/

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