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General Relativity in the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-11 v2 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory Physics Education

Abstract

Einstein's general relativity is increasingly important in contemporary physics on the frontiers of both the very largest distance scales (astrophysics and cosmology) and the very smallest(elementary particle physics). This paper makes the case for a `physics first' approach to introducing general relativity to undergraduate physics majors.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0506075,
  title  = {General Relativity in the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum},
  author = {James B. Hartle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0506075},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages, 2 figures, revtex4, fixed figure and minor typos