Understanding Modern Physics I: Relativity and Cosmology
Completed by William Mason Adkins, Sr.
November 17, 2025
12 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Describe major conceptual shifts in 20th-century physics and identify where classical assumptions fail
Apply the postulates of special relativity to derive and calculate time dilation for simple scenarios
Explain why absolute time is inconsistent with the invariance of the speed of light using thought experiments
Analyze the curvature of spacetime and its relationship to the emergence of gravity
Skills you will gain
- Category: Physical Science
- Category: Scientific Visualization
- Category: Mechanics
- Category: Mathematical Modeling
- Category: Applied Mathematics
- Category: Physics
- Category: General Science and Research
- Category: Systems Of Measurement
