Podcaster: Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Title: Astronomy Cast Ep. 44: Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity
Organization: Astronomy Cast – http://www.astronomycast.com
Link: http://www.astronomycast.com/2007/07/episode-44-einsteins-theory-of-general-relativity/
General Relativity
- Introduction to General Relativity
- General Relativity
- Einstein’s Big Idea: Relativity and the Cosmos
- MIT Physics Video Lecture Series: General Relativity
- General Relativity Lectures and Notes (graduate and postdoctoral level)
- General Relativity Tutorial
- Reflections on Relativity
- Relativy: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein (from Project Gutenberg)
Predictions and Tests of General Relativity
- Gravitational Red Shift
- Mercury’s Perhihelion Shift
- A Non-Mathematical Proof of Gravitational Time Dilation
- Illustration of the Shapiro Effect (Gravitational Time Delay)
- The Shapiro Effect
- Putting Relativity to the Test
See Also
Description: The great scientist made an even more profound impact on physics with his theory of general relativity, replacing Newton with a better model for gravity.
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Bio: Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today and Dr. Pamela Gay is a professor at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. They team up to do Astronomy Cast, a weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos.
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I believe there is no frame-dragging effect of gravity on mass, only on electromagnetic energy!
Curiously, the Lense-Thirring effect in Gravity Probe B has the same value than the geodetic effect of the Earth around the Sun.
NASA error?
An interesting experiment!
Understanding Gravity Probe-B experiment without math
http://www.molwick.com/en/gravitation/082-gravity-probe-b.html
http://www.molwick.com/en/gravitation/r-lense-thirring-frame-dragging.jpg