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8.033 Relativity | Physics

This course, which concentrates on special relativity, is normally taken by physics majors in their sophomore year. Topics include Einstein's postulates, the Lorentz transformation, relativistic effects and paradoxes, and applications involving electromagnetism and particle physics. This course also provides a brief introduction to some concepts of general relativity, including the principle of equivalence, the Schwartzschild metric and black holes, and the FRW metric and cosmology.

Keywords:: simultaneity, light trajectories, magnetic fields, Electromagnetism, relativistic invariants, Newtonian cosmology, gravitational, red shift, relativistic effects, relativitistic particle collisions, relativity, relativity and electricity, Particle Physics, clock synchronization, Shapiro delay, Relativity, Lorentz transformation, general relativity, geodesics, Schwarzchild metric, Minkowski diagrams, length contraction, four-vectors, special relativity, Coulomb's law, Einstein's postulates, time dilation

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
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Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

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