TITLE: Einstein, Black Holes, and Gravitational Waves

SPEAKER: Professor Greg Cook,

TIME: Thursday Feb. 24, 2005 at 4 PM

PLACE: George P. Williams, Jr. Lecture Hall, (Olin 101)

This year, 2005, marks the 100th anniversary of the year Albert Einstein published three important papers describing ideas that have influenced all of modern physics. One of these papers introduced Einstein's theory of relativity which revolutionized the way we look at space, time, and gravity. In this talk, I will focus on Einstein's general theory of relativity and explore several of its consequences. In the process, we will compare and contrast the Newtonian and Einsteinian points of view. Along the way, we will pay special attention to two of my favorite topics: black holes and gravitational waves.

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