The Maths of General Relativity (1/8) - Spacetime and Worldlines
What it is
The first of an eight-part ScienceClic series building general relativity, covering worldlines, proper time and coordinate systems with animated visualizations.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Praised for its visualizations and pedagogy in threads about physics and differential geometry.
- 3 people recommended it
- 3 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2021, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“Eight-part series teaching how to calculate general relativity effects.”
zamadatix, 2021-04 · Recommendation · in “Particle mystery: physicists confirm the muon is more magnetic than predicted”
“it covers it with incredible visualizations and pedagogical approach”
Incredible visualizations and pedagogy for differential geometry topics.
Vetch, 2022-01 · Recommendation · in “We need to reclaim our attention”
“ScienceClic on youtube has some really great videos”
Series on the maths of general relativity; ScienceClic has great videos.
psc, 2023-12 · Recommendation · in “New theory claims to unite Einstein's gravity with quantum mechanics”
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Topics: spacetime, worldlines, proper time, differential geometry, physics visualization
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