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A set of hypertext based services for general relativity research provided by the QMW Relativity group. www.maths.qmw.ac.uk/hyperspace/ Relativity bookmarks Rob Salgado's bookmarks physics.syr.edu/research/relativity/RELATIVITY.html Ricci A Mathematica package for doing tensor calculations in differential geometry and general relativity. www.math.washington.edu/~lee/Ricci/ NOVA Online/Einstein Revealed Profile of Albert Einstein, with additional teaching resources, Shockwave demonstrations, and animations of relativity concepts. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/ Interactive Experiments in Gravity Try an experiment that illustrates the gravitational attraction between two objects or use a Java applet to understand how orbits work in strongly curved space-time. www.fourmilab.ch/gravitation/ Physics Bookshelf - Relativity A collection of articles about relativity www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Relativity.html Relativity: List of Important Equations Page scans from the Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics giving equations and formulas for special relativity and relativistic cosmology. Includes bibliography. ads.harvard.edu/books/hsaa/chap10.html An Essay on General Relativity Overview of the basic ideas and principal applications of general relativity. Written by John L. Safko for students in the self-paced astronomy courses at the University of South Carolina in 1997. astro.physics.sc.edu/selfpacedunits/Unit57.html Relativity Provides information on the history, experiments and paradoxes of relativity. nobelprize.org/physics/educational/relativity/ Lecture Notes on General Relativity Sean M. Carroll's lecture notes from a one-semester graduate-level course he taught at MIT in 1996. Notes are in postscript format. pancake.uchicago.edu/~carroll/notes/ General Relativity Simulation Contest The purpose of this Contest is to prove General Relativity using a (simple) algorithm. users.telenet.be/nicvroom/contest.htm Are There Any Good Books on Relativity Theory? The Physics FAQ's guide to relativity books; by Chris Hillman (with contributions by Nathan Urban). An extensive annotated list of semi-popular books, textbooks and background reading. math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Administrivia/rel_booklist.html Einstein Online Information about Einstein's theories of special and general relativity and their applications; site is hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics. Includes a simple introduction, a collection of articles ("Spotlights on relativity"), and a relativistic dictionary. www.einstein-online.info/en Interactive Geometric Database Interactive database developed by Mustapha Ishak and Kayll Lake and hosted by Queen's University; allows the user to search for specific solutions of Einstein's field equations (that is, for specific model universes of general relativity). 130.15.26.66/servlet/GRDB2.GRDBServlet Introduction to General Relativity By Gerard 't Hooft (Utrecht University); based on lectures held in 2002; a thorough introduction starting with accelerated frames and including topics such as black holes, the basics of cosmology, and gravitational radiation. www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/lectures/gr.html The Light Cone: An Illuminating Introduction to Relativity Introduces the basic principles of relativity, the physics of special relativity, and some basic principles of general relativity. Contains a great number of helpful images and animations; site created by Rob Salgado (Syracuse University). www.phy.syr.edu/courses/modules/LIGHTCONE/ Wikipedia: General Relativity Resources Annotated list of reading material about general relativity: popular books, textbooks, books on specific topics, web courses, and websites. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_relativity_resources Wikipedia: Introduction to General Relativity Encyclopedia article explaining the basic concepts, observational tests and (astrophysical) applications of general relativity. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_general_relativity Numerical Relativity: Status and Prospects Review article by Luis Lehner about the foundations of numerical relativity and recent progress in the field; particular attention is paid to simulations of black hole spacetimes. arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0202055 Subtle is the Gravity Review of the motivations for and basic principles of general relativity, aimed at a general audience. Written by Naresh Dadhich (IUCAA Pune), based on a lecture delivered in 2001. arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0102009 Gravitational Waves and Black Holes: An Introduction to General Relativity An introduction by Jan-Willem van Holten (NIKHEF, Amsterdam), based on lectures given at the University of Heidelberg in 1997. arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9704043 Selected References in Relativistic Cosmology and General Relativity Extensive list of classic and modern research papers in cosmology and general relativity. Although the author warns that his selection is subjective, the result is a highly useful list of references; for many papers, there are links to online versions on the arXiv.org e-print server. By Henk van Elst (Queen Mary, University of London). www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~hve/paplist.html Cambridge Relativity Public Home Page Various pages with non-technical texts about cosmology, black holes, cosmic strings, inflation, quantum cosmology, and string theory, written by members of the Relativity Group at Cambridge University. www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/ Other Search by Relativity
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