Library of Past Questions
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Resources for this Topic
- General Relativity (http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/HistTopics/General_relativity.html)
- Special Relativity (http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/HistTopics/Special_relativity.html)
- Usenet Physics Frequently Asked Questions List (http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/)
- Ned Wright's Relativity Tutorial (http://www.astro.ucla.edu/%7Ewright/relatvty.htm)
Library of Past Questions and Answers
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Can you recommend web sites that discuss space time?
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Have General Relativity and Special Relativity been proven?
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What evidence is there that supports the theory of curved space?
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Why is it not possible to travel at the speed of light?
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Can you answer my question about energy, space travelers, and
relativity?
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Does anyone have an analysis of time dilation that I could
read?
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What is the Twin Paradox in Special Relativity
and how is it resolved?
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Do photons have mass ?
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If photons have no mass, how are they affected by gravity?
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If I were traveling at the speed of light, and turned on a flashlight,
would it illuminate my console, or will the light "stall"?
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In gravitational lensing, why do off-centered objects
appear as multiple images instead of ellipses?
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Why is the velocity of light the max speed despite its dependence on the
permeability and dielectric constants?
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What do recent "faster than light" experiments imply for relativity?
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Are gravitational lenes achromatic?
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What does E=mc2 mean?
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Why is it impossible, at this point in time, to convert energy into
matter?
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Why does time run slowly near a gravitational field?
- How fast do gravity waves travel?
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How does antimatter react to gravity of normal matter?
Relativity and Quantum Physics
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What is a graviton?
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What are the experimental difficulties in 'discovering'
gravitons?
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Does Quantum Uncertainty apply in Relativistic effects?
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Will humans ever be able to time travel?
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How can one prove the existence of tachyons and once proven,
can they be implemented for space travel?
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Could you explain the relativity of theoretical travel through a worm
hole?
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