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How does GPS work?
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This article explains how the Global Positioning System works, including how a GPS receiver determines locations on Earth using satellite information, and how general and special…
http://web.archive.org/web/20200420125750/http://www.physics.org/article...
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Einstein's Relativity and Everyday Life
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This PhysicsCentral article, by Clifford Will of Washington University, discusses the importance of relativity for GPS. Both special and general relativity affect the accuracy of…
https://www.physicscentral.com/explore/writers/will.cfm
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Relativity Powers Your Car Battery
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This article in Physical Review Focus describes how most of the voltage from a lead-acid battery comes from relativistic effects in the lead atom. The article describes the…
https://physics.aps.org/story/v27/st2
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Time Flies
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This news article from the National Physical Laboratory describes how physicists updated an experimental test of special and general relativity by flying atomic clocks around the…
http://web.archive.org/web/20190303092231/https://www.npl.co.uk/news/tim...
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Time Traveler
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This NOVA website simulates travel to distant stars and back in a spaceship that can move at various percentages of the speed of light. You set the spaceship speed and choose your…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/hotsciencetwin/
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Particles break light-speed limit
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This Nature News article describes the evidence for particles--neutrinos--traveling faster than light. The article describes the consequences of this discovery and outlines the…
https://www.nature.com/news/2011/110922/full/news.2011.554.html
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Gravity Probe B: Testing Einstein's Universe
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See this site to learn about a NASA-Stanford test of two extraordinary, unverified predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. The spin of four gyroscopes in an…
http://einstein.stanford.edu/
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Multimedia Physics Studio
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At this site you learn mechanics through many simulations on the topic of force and motion. You can see, for instance, how velocity and acceleration change as a car moves along a…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia
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Through Einstein's Eyes Online - Visualizing Special Relativity
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Visit Through Einstein's Eyes for a simulation of what you would see if travel were possible at light speed. You can take a roller coaster ride, observe a tram moving near the speed…
http://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~cms130/TEE/
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A. Einstein - Image and Impact
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This online exhibit on the life of Albert Einstein takes a somewhat less orthodox approach. How did an ordinary patent clerk with an undistinguished college record evolve into one of…
https://history.aip.org/history/exhibits/einstein/
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