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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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Einstein Light: Inertial frames and Newtonian mechanics
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This web page describes inertial and non-inertial frames of reference, the latter being frames where Newton's laws do not hold. The text explains "fictitious forces", the centrifugal…
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Inertial.htm
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Einstein Light
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This web site is a basic, non-mathematical introduction to relativity. It covers concepts from Galileo, Newton, and Maxwell through Einstein and special relativity. The site also…
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/
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Einstein Light: Galilean Relativity and Newtonian Mechanics
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This part of the Einstein Light site presents the concept of an inertial reference frame, along with explanations of Newton's three laws. This site is produced at the University of…
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Galileo_and_Newton...