Get Started Learning General Relativity Online

…s and philosophy of general relativity, all of which is available for free online. If you know of any online resources that are not on this list, suggest them in the comments and I will add them to the list! Contents Non-mathematical introductions to general relativity Mathematical introductions to general relativity Philosophy of general relativity Other general relativity references. Non-mathematical introductions to general relativity Einstein…

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Get Started Reading Books and Articles on the Cheap

…, cut to the chase and check out this meticulous list of philosophers with online papers, compiled by David Chalmers. Go to the Library. The what? Yes, the library. It’s still the easiest way to get free books to read. Some libraries will even send books to you in the mail for free. Here’s how to find a public library in your area. Or, visit your local University’s library for an even grander selection. Buy very, very cheap books. Ok, so this one’…

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Get Started Handling Academic Citations Like a Pro

…in your home directory. Finally, open Textmate and go to Bundles > Bundle Editor > Show Bundle Editor. Click the newly-added bundle, “Build Cite With BibDesk.” Find the line that begins “CMD = ‘”HOME”…,” and set it to the path of your binary file. If you chose the “bin” folder in your home directory, just change this line to the following: CMD = ‘”HOME”/bin/BibDeskTMCompletions Do the same thing in the bundle, “Bibdesk DO Completion.” While sti…

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Writing a book on time reversal

…of time reversal invariance: What we know about when a physical system is guaranteed to be temporally symmetric, and what’s special about the physical systems that enjoy this property. The simple failure of Curie’s principle: Illustration of how Curie’s principle fails for time reversal, and a discussion of possible replacements. T-violation and the origin of time asymmetry: A classification of the known ways of testing for time asymmetry (aka T-…

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Special: What’s With the Economy.

…k won’t see all of it for 30 years. McDuck’s mortgage certificates are called mortgage-backed securities. PART 5: RISK. The Bank just gave 3 million in cash to McDuck, and received 4 million in mortgage certificates in return. This seems like a pretty good deal: with a little patience, the Bank makes a million bucks. However, there is also a risk involved in the deal. Remember, if BurgerBee pays its mortgage back early — or if it stops making paym…

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