Relativity and Cosmology

The universe began with such a "bang" that physicists even have the first second of creation subdivided into distinct eras where different physical phenomena dominated the evolution of the Universe.

General Relativity Tutorial.
Several interconnected web pages that serve as an informal introduction to general relativity. The goal is to demystify general relativity and get across key ideas without big complicated calculations.


SPACETIME WRINKLES.

Wonderful images and movies about gravity waves and the interactions of black holes. The movies are worth the wait to download.


C-ship: Relativistic ray traced images.


Explore the consequences of relativity in a ship traveling at light speed c.

Relativity and FTL Travel.


Relativity theory for the Star Trek fan.
There's some nice stuff and anyone in this class should be able to get something out of it. There are some further insights than I had time to consider in class.

CLAUSTROPHOBIC PHYSICS: An introduction to the theory of relativity and Poincaré Symmetry.


This requires a bit of calculus.

Welcome to Tensors and Relativity 1997.


This site requires more than calculus, though someone with a little DE under his/her belt could get something out of it. The author says: "This course aims to provide a basic introduction to General Relativity and the mathematics necessary for an understanding of the theory. I hope you will all enjoy it as much as I did when I first took the subject ten years ago."
Check it out if you're interested in seeing the type of mathematics that you would see in relativity theory.

Views of the Solar System by Calvin J. Hamilton.


One of my favorite site for exploring the universe. Wonderful images from satellites and telescopes. Also some movies; the movie of the storm on Saturn is impressive.


The Best of the Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA's Origins Program.


NASA's Origins Program is directed towards answering some of the most fundamental questions that we can ask: Where did galaxies, stars and planets come from? Are there worlds like the Earth around nearby stars? If so, are they habitable and is life as we know it present there? What is the origin of the universe?

Astronomical Images Archive.

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