A Level Physics Notes: Special and General Relativity



Special Relativity – A Summary

The Principle of Equivalence

An Absolute Frame of Reference

Consequences of Special Relativity

Length Contraction

Relativistic Mass

Spacetime Cones – The Order of Events

The Galilean Transformation

The Lorentz Transformation

The Meaning of Spacetime

The Need For Special Relativity

The Twins Paradox

The Principle of Relativity

The Speed of Light A Fundamental Limit

Curved Space

Cerenkov Radiation

White Holes and Worm holes

The Schwarzschild Radius

Is General Relativity Wrong?

Newton's Views on Space and Time

























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