VBHT17: The Einstein Field Equations, Part 2
"An account of the Einstein field equations focusing on physical rather
than geometric aspects."
VBHT18: Big Bang Cosmologies
"The basic framework for the physics of the universe on the largest
scales is the family of homogeneous, isotropic cosmological models,
the so-called Big Bang models."
VBHT0: Overview
"This is the short essay that started off the whole Very Brief History
of Time..."
VBHT16: The Einstein Field Equations, Part 1
"The Einstein field equations are the equations are the equations
linking the geometry of a spacetime to its matter and energy content."
VBHT15: Symmetries and Conservation Laws
"A brief discussion of Noether's theorem connecting symmetries of the
laws of physics with local conservation laws."
VBHT14: Fields
"An account of the idea of classical field equations."
VBHT13: General Relativistic Spacetime
"A description of the curved spacetime of general relativity."
VBHT12: The Equivalence Principle
"The fundamental principle of general relativty, the relativistic
theory of gravitation, is that uniform gravitation and uniform
acceleration are indistinguishable."
VBHT11: Curved Spaces
"A digression into the geometry of curved spaces, a subject that will
prove important in general relativity."
VBHT10: Quantum Field Theory
"An outline of the theory that unites special relativity and quantum
mechanics."
VBHT9: Quantum Nonlocality
"Quantum systems can influence each other over spacelike intervals -
faster than light!"
VBHT8: Indistinguishable Histories, Part 2
"A description of the emergence of classical mechanics as an
approximation to the sum-over-histories formulation of quantum
mechanics."
VBHT7: Indistinguishable Histories, Part 1
"A discussion of the Young's slits experiments and the interference of
indistinguishable histories in quantum mechanics."
VBHT6: Quantum Mechanics
"The second great revolution in modern physics in outline."
VBHT5: Variational Principles
"A brief discussion of the Principle of Stationary Time in optics and
the Principle of Least Action in mechanics."
VBHT4: Special Relativity
"A description of the new Minkowskian spacetime of the special theory
of relativity, including its causal structure, the metric and Lorentz
transformations"
VBHT3: The End of Galilean Relativity
"An account of the experiments carried out in the 19th century that
undermined the Newtonian description of space and time."
VBHT2: Coordinate and Proper Time
"A careful discussion of two different meanings of time that coincide
in Newtonian physics but that are different in relativity."
VBHT1: Newtonian Spacetime
"An outline of the view of space and time before the development of the
theories of relativity."
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