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Undergraduate
physics students have a strong interest in general relativity and
its strange predictions, yet lack the background in physics and
mathematics to study it in depth. Nevertheless several key phenomena can
be taught and understood with some elementary background, which should
be common to most physics majors, such as the principle of equivalence,
Newtonian gravitation, and basic special relativity. This will be
illustrated by some worked examples, including the gravitational
redshift of light, the deflection of light (just 1/2 the correct amount,
unfortunately), and big bang cosmology. |
