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Students are introduced to special and general relativity through Einstein's Theory of Relativity and concepts such as Lorentz time dilation and length contraction, the speed of light, curvature of spacetime, black holes, and event horizons.

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James H. Dann

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James Dann

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Energy
Length
Momentum
Physics
Science
Space-Time
Special Relativity
Universal Gravitation
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black hole
curvature
event horizon
laws of physics
length contraction
lorentz
sequence
simultaneous events
source of light
spacetime
speed of light
time dilation
universe
velocity note
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