Chapter 24 Assignment

Final Exam Announcement!

We will have an online final that will open on July 21 12:01 AM (just after midnight) and close on July 23 11:00 PM.  It will be timed (90 minutes) and there will be two attempts available.  The final will be comprehensive focusing on the last half of the course but be sure to review the first half of the course.  There will be about 50 problems including multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions.  To get an idea of what to review for your short answer and essay questions take a look at the discussion prompts for each of the chapters.  The multiple choice questions will cover the same topics that have been covered in each of the chapter quizzes. 

Instructions

1. Take a look at videos linked below that discuss the topics seen in Chapter 24.

2. Complete Discussion 24 found here.  Instructions for completing Discussion 24 found here. Download here.

3. Complete Chapter 24 Quiz found here.

4. Additional information  for Ch 24 found here Links to an external site.. Links to an external site.

Sections

24-1. Introducing General Relativity - (Theory of Relativity explained in 7 minutes found here Links to an external site..), (Equivalence Principle with David Butler found here Links to an external site.), and (Prof  Brian Greene Explains That Whole General Relativity Thing to Stephen Colbert here Links to an external site..  You do not need to understand the definition Prof Brian gives at the end of this video but I hope some of you aspire to understand the definition at some point in the future.)

24-2. Spacetime and Gravity - (The Illusion of Force by a Curved Dimension found here Links to an external site.),  (Gravity Visualized found here Links to an external site.), and (Found here this is a layman’s exposition featuring many well-known contemporary astrophysicist/cosmologists found here Links to an external site.)

24-3. Tests of General Relativity - (Einstein relativity put to the test found here. Links to an external site.), (Experimentalist vs. Theorist on Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity found here Links to an external site..), (First Successful Test of Einstein’s General Relativity Near Supermassive Black Hole found here Links to an external site.), (Tests of General Relativity: Video Learning found here Links to an external site.)

24-4. Time in General Relativity - (How gravity affects time found here Links to an external site.)

24-5. Black Holes - (Black Holes Explained : From Birth to Death found here Links to an external site..) and (What’s Inside A Black Hole?: Unveiled found here Links to an external site..)

24-6. Evidence for Black Holes -  (How we know black holes exist found here. Links to an external site.), (Are Black Holes Real?  How the Universe Works found here Links to an external site..) and (Inside the black hole image that made history found here Links to an external site.: TED Talks)

24-7. Evidence for Black Holes - (What if Two Black Holes Collided?  found here Links to an external site..)