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 James Hartle's TALK  The Case for GR for Undergrads

from the AAPT Topical Workshop:
Teaching General Relativity to Undergraduates
Syracuse University, July 20-21, 2006

James Hartle

 Five web pages present Hartle's talk. Click on the indicated subject to go to the relevant page.

pg. 1 the case for GR for undergrads

pg. 2 two ways to present GR: logical order, physics first

pg. 3 advantages of physics first; a flow chart guide to the background, tools, and concepts needed to teach about:

  1. Gravitational Waves
  2. Black Holes  and
pg. 4
  3. Cosmology

and should you use frames or not.

pg. 5 presents some important considerations for a successful course:

A list of the colleges and universities that have adopted his text shows how widely GR is now being taught. 

 
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Five web pages present Hartle's talk. Click on the indicated subject to go to the relevant page.

pg. 1 the case for GR for undergrads

pg. 2 two ways to present GR: logical order, physics first

pg. 3 advantages of physics first; a flow chart guide to the background, tools, and concepts needed to teach about:

  1. Gravitational Waves
  2. Black Holes  and
pg. 4
  3. Cosmology

and should you use frames or not.

pg. 5 presents some important considerations for a successful course:

A list of the colleges and universities that have adopted his text shows how widely GR is now being taught. 

 

 Here are some advantages of 'physics first'.  At the bottom of the page are two charts showing the flow
of development that will enable you to teach undergraduates about gravitational waves and black holes. On
the next page is a flow chart for teaching cosmology.


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