Gravitation Resources
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The following material consists of website and book resources on gravitation.
Contents
- Basics
- Classical theories of gravitation
- Relativity and gravitation
- Quantum gravitation
- Finding gravitational constant
- Escape velocity
- Black holes
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Gravitation basics
Gravity and Gravitation – Wikipedia
Classical theories of gravitation
Alternatives to general relativity – Wikipedia
Sir Isaac Newton: The Universal Law of Gravitation – Dept. of Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation – Wikipedia
Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation – Physics Classroom
Gravitational Acceleration – Wikipedia
Gravitational Acceleration Calculator
Gravitational Acceleration Tutorial and Calculators – EasyCalculation.com
Theories of gravitation – History – University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Relativity and gravitation
Gravitation and the General Theory of Relativity – University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity versus Classical Mechanics – Index of online book by Paul Marmet
General Theory of Relativity – Wikipedia
Tests of general relativity – Wikipedia
The Principle of Equivalence Chapter 10 of online book by Paul Marmet
Equivalence principle – Wikipedia
Equivalence Principle – Laboratory Tests of Gravitational Physics
Elevator, rocket, and gravity: the equivalence principle – Einstein online
Gravitational Time Dilation – Wikipedia
Gravitational redshift – Wikipedia
Quantum gravitation
Graviton – – Wikipedia
Gravitational wave – Wikipedia
String theory – Wikipedia
What is String Theory? – About.com Physics
Quantum mechanics – Wikipedia
Quantum gravity – Wikipedia
What is Quantum Gravity? – About.com Physics
Quantum Gravity – Einstein Online
Loop quantum gravity – Wikipedia
What is Loop Quantum Gravity? – About.com
Finding gravitational constant
Gravitational Constant – Wikipedia
Final Demystification of the gravitational constant variation – Blaze Labs Research; extensive research on variations and Unified Theory studies
Cavendish Experiment – Wikipedia
Cavendish Experiment – Harvard University Physics
Measurement of Gravitational Constant (PDF) – Rice University
Henry Cavendish – Weighing the Earth – Following the Path of Discovery
Bending Spacetime in the Basement: Measuring Gravitation – Homemade graviational experiments – John Walker of Fourmilab Switzerland; Some controversy on validity of results
Escape velocity
Escape Velocity – Wikipedia
Gravitational Potential – Wikipedia
Gravitational Potential – A-level Physics – WikiBooks
Gravitational Potential Energy – – SparkNotes SAT Physics
Gravitational or Gravity Well – Wikipedia
Black Holes
Black Holes – NASA Astrophysics
Black hole – Wikipedia
The Schwarzschild Radius – HyperPhysics
The Schwarzschild Radius: Nature’s Breaking Point – NOVA
Schwarzschild radius – Wikipedia
Singularities and Black Holes – Stanford University
Gravitational singularity – Wikipedia
Books
Gravity physics
Gravitation physics
Physical Science textbooks
Physics textbooks
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