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  • Course Number / Code:
  • 8.033 (Fall 2006) 
  • Course Title:
  • Relativity 
  • Course Level:
  • Undergraduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Physics 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Max Tegmark 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 8.033 Relativity



    Fall 2006




    Course Highlights


    This course features a complete set of lecture notes, assignments, and exams.


    Course Description


    This course, which concentrates on special relativity, is normally taken by physics majors in their sophomore year. Topics include Einstein's postulates, the Lorentz transformation, relativistic effects and paradoxes, and applications involving electromagnetism and particle physics. This course also provides a brief introduction to some concepts of general relativity, including the principle of equivalence, the Schwartzschild metric and black holes, and the FRW metric and cosmology.
     

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