In the 23 years between the first edition of this textbook and the present revision, the fieldof general relativity has blossomed and matured. Upon its solid mathematical foundationshave grown a host of applications, some of which were not even imagined in 1985 whenthe first edition appeared. The study of general relativity has therefore moved from theperiphery to the core of the education of a professional theoretical physicist, and more andmore undergraduates expect to learn at least the basics of general relativity before theygraduate

explain Einstein’s general and special theory of relativity in under one minute

What is Einstein’s theory of General Relativity?a.Reference frame does not matter in calculationsb.General Relativity is always valid and applies in all circumstancesc.Gravity creates curves in spacetimed.The universe did not have a beginninge.All of the abovef.None of the above

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Write the postulates of Einstein’s special theory of relativity.

Both Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation and Einstein's Theory of General Relativity describe gravitation in terms of geodesics.TrueFalse