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Slide 1 15.1Tenets of General Relativity 15.2Tests of General Relativity 15.3Gravitational Waves 15.4Black Holes General Relativity CHAPTER 15 General Relativity Time and…

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Slide 1 Please pick up your corrected problem set and midterm. Problem Set #4: median score = 85 Midterm Exam: median score = 72 Slide 2 Recap: The Story So Far… Monday,…

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Slide 1 Slide 2 T. K. Ng (HKUST) The Quantum Universe Slide 3 Modern picture of space-time, matter & forces What is reality in relatively and QM? (Twin paradox and Schrodinger…

Slide 1 Spacetime: just when you thought it was it throws you a Slide 2 On one hand mass seems to encourage acceleration. On the other hand, it resists it. Another conundrum…

Slide 1 Understanding the Universe Summary Lecture Volker Beckmann Joint Center for Astrophysics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County & NASA Goddard Space Flight…