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General Relativity & Spacetime

From the speed of light to the fate of the universe through 42 interactive demonstrations. Bend light around black holes, watch spacetime curve under mass, and ride gravitational waves — all in your browser.

See also: Differential Geometry for curved spacetime as a pseudo-Riemannian manifold, Lie Groups for the Lorentz group of spacetime symmetries, and Electromagnetism for the prototype field theory that motivated special relativity.

  1. 01

    The Speed of Light

    Why nothing travels faster than light — and what happens when you try

    4 demos
  2. 02

    Lorentz Transformations

    The geometry of boosting between reference frames

    4 demos
  3. 03

    Spacetime Diagrams

    Visualizing events, worldlines, and causality in 2D spacetime

    4 demos
  4. 04

    The Equivalence Principle

    Why gravity and acceleration are indistinguishable — Einstein's happiest thought

    4 demos
  5. 05

    Curved Spacetime

    Mass tells spacetime how to curve — the rubber sheet made rigorous

    5 demos
  6. 06

    Geodesics & Free Fall

    Straight lines in curved spacetime — why planets orbit and apples fall

    4 demos
  7. 07

    Black Holes

    When spacetime curves so much that nothing escapes

    5 demos
  8. 08

    Gravitational Waves

    Ripples in the fabric of spacetime

    4 demos
  9. 09

    Cosmology

    The shape and fate of the entire universe

    4 demos
  10. 10

    Einstein's Equations & Applications

    G_μν = 8πT_μν — the most beautiful equation in physics

    4 demos

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