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How does GPS work? 
  
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Publisher: Institute of Physics
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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...
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
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/
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/
People in Physics: Manuela Campanelli 
  
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This web page contains a short biography of physicist Manuela Campanelli, including information about her background and her work. Manuela Campanelli is currently a professor at the…
https://www.physicscentral.com/explore/people/campanelli.cfm
Warp Drive, When? - Status of Antimatter 
  
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This NASA site examines propulsion for interstellar travel. The website describes propulsion methods based on current science, on speculative ideas in science, and on science…
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/technology/warp/antistat.html
Physics in Action: Gravitational Waves 
  
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Learn about gravitational radiation, and how two physicists fournd indirect evidence for it in an exotic binary star system. Then find out about three different methods that could…
http://www.physicscentral.com/explore/action/gravity.cfm
Mach’s Principle 
  
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This page, from Kyoto University, provides a discussion of Mach’s Principle, a concept that played an important role in Einstein's theory of general relativity. Excerpts from Mach’s…
http://www1.kcn.ne.jp/~h-uchii/mach.pr.html
Inside Black Holes 
  
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At this site you can see a simulation of what it's like to fall into a black hole. It happens pretty fast, but the best part is that you can step through your demise and learn a lot…
https://jila.colorado.edu/~ajsh/insidebh/intro.html