What is the basic theory of relativity?

What is the basic theory of relativity?

What is general relativity? Essentially, it’s a theory of gravity. The basic idea is that instead of being an invisible force that attracts objects to one another, gravity is a curving or warping of space. The more massive an object, the more it warps the space around it.

How long does it take to understand relativity?

It takes about 10 minutes to understand General Relativity. Einstein thought of it very quickly, but it took Einstein eight years to do the math and that was with a lot of help, so it’s going to take a long time for most anyone to understand the math.

What does E mc2 mean for kids?

“Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared.” On the most basic level, the equation says that energy and mass (matter) are interchangeable; they are different forms of the same thing.

What is the best book on general relativity you have read?

Gravitation by Charles Misner, Kip Thorne, and John Wheeler, is pretty much the authoritative reference on general relativity (to the extent that one exists). It discusses many aspects and applications of the theory in far more mathematical and logical detail than any other book I’ve seen.

What is introduction to general relativity about?

Introduction to General Relativity presents general relativity as a scheme to describe the gravitational field and the equations obeyed by it. The book starts out from physical motivations, and then introduces curved co-ordinations before the notion of an affine connection field is added. The matrix field is eventually introduced as well.

What is the best book to learn about gravity?

I can only recommend textbooks because that’s what I’ve used, but here are some suggestions: Gravity: An Introduction To General Relativityby James Hartleis reasonably good as an introduction, although in order to make the content accessible, he does skip over a lot of mathematical detail.

What is the best book on spacetime and geometry for beginners?

You can read Sean Carroll’s Spacetime and Geometry. If you are a starter, it would be good to watch some video lectures as well. This is one good lecture series which you can find in youtube which is given by Dr. Thanu Padmanabhan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIryD10cgVk