General relativity in the undergraduate physics curriculum

By James B. Hartle. 2005

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Einstein’s general relativity is increasingly important in contemporary physics on the frontiers of very large distance scales (astrophysics and cosmology) and very small length scales (elementary particle physics). This paper makes the case for a “physics first” approach to introducing general relativity to undergraduate physics majors.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics