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Map of the Cosmic Acceleration Literature

By Bryan 1 October 2008 general relativity, philosophy of physics

Ten years ago, the physics community came to agree that the expansion of the Universe is experiencing a positive acceleration. The experts still disagree on why. Everything but the kitchen…

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Rotating Discs in GR: Part I

By Bryan 14 July 2008 general relativity, spacetime

Introduction. Craig Callender (2001) and Jeremy Butterfield (2004) have recently suggested that the Rotating Disc Argument (RDA) fails in General Relativity. I argue that this conclusion is wrong: two recharged…

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Get Started Learning General Relativity Online

By Bryan 23 June 2008 general relativity, philosophy of physics, tutorial
Get Started Learning General Relativity Online

General Relativity is the theory of gravitation introduced by Einstein in 1915, and developed throughout the 20th century. And you’ve decided you want to learn it. But why spend hundreds…

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Visualize a Black Hole at the Event Horizon

By Bryan 12 June 2008 general relativity, philosophy of physics

This cute little animation shows the causal structure around a classical black hole in an interesting way. The perspective is that of a body orbiting just outside the event horizon:…

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Solving the Black Hole Information "Paradox"

By Bryan 19 May 2008 general relativity, news, philosophy of physics

In January, Abhay Ashtekar posted a short preprint in which he (along with two collaborators) proposed a new solution to the so-called black hole information paradox in 1+1 dimensions. Their…

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