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sjastro
15-01-2014, 09:26 AM
For those who are interested in learning the elementary aspects of General Relativity here is an excellent tutorial.

As the author states it is not designed to be mathematically rigorous, thereby making it possible to understand what is otherwise a very complicated subject to most people.

In essence it is an explanation from a physicist's perspective rather than a mathematician's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foRPKAKZWx8

Regards

Steven

Shiraz
15-01-2014, 02:54 PM
Thanks Steven - made it possible for an ancient physicist to grasp the basic ideas

sjastro
16-01-2014, 09:40 AM
I'm glad it proved helpful Ray.

He should continue the series on how exact solutions to the field equations are obtained and their impact on our understanding of astrophysics and cosmology.

Regards

Steven

xelasnave
20-01-2014, 05:38 PM
Thank you Steven for your heads up.
It is so wonderful that such is available and not that difficult to follow.
alex

sjastro
21-01-2014, 09:56 AM
Alex,

He does a good job explaining it.

Regards

Steven

viperau
23-01-2014, 05:10 PM
Nice vids - Watching physics vids on youtube is like a blackhole, you start and then 10 hours later wonder where the time went.

WingnutR32
24-01-2014, 04:08 PM
So very true. Thanks for the link, Steven.

bojan
27-01-2014, 07:51 AM
Thanks for this..