Chapter Objectives:

• Describe the principle of equivalence.
• Explain how gravity bends light
• Discuss the relation of gravity and time.
• Discuss the relation of gravity and space.
• Discuss gravity as a dimension of space.
• Explain gravitational waves.
• Compare and contrast Newton's and Einstein's concepts of gravity.

Chapter Terms:

• general theory of relativity
• principle of equivalence
• gravitational red shift
• geodesic
• gravitational wave

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Chapter Outline Framework:

• Principle of Equivalence
• Bending of Light by Gravity
• Gravity and TIme: Gravitational Red Shift
• Gravity and Space: Motion of Mercury
• Gravity, Space, and a New Geometry
• Gravitational Waves
• Newtonin and Einsteininian Gravitation

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