Jason Kendall's Intro to Astronomy Course
Adjunct faculty in Physics at William Paterson University
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Module 3: Relativity and Gravity
03: The Great Relativistic Conundrum
Video References
References for Module 3: Relativity and Gravity
Supplement the videos with "OpenStax Astronomy"
24: Black Holes and Curved Spacetime
03: The Great Relativistic Conundrum
Once upon a time, there was classical physics. It had Galilean Relativity, Newtonian Mechanics and Maxwell's Laws of Electromagnetism. But, these three things, while wildly successful, did not fit together at all. Let's see why.
Newton's Rotating Bucket
Galilean Relativity
Absolute Space and Time
Newton's Laws of Motion
Maxwell's Equations
Luminiferous Aether
Michelson-Morley experiment