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Immovable Spacetime

This site explains in mathematical detail the theories behind space time and relativity.

http://mathpages.com/rr/s4-01/4-01.htm

Studying the stars, testing relativity: Sir Arthur Eddington

A good page giving details of this astrophysicist.

http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMDYPXO4HD_index_0.html

A More Practical Arrangement

Looks at the use of inertial coordinates in special relativity, with light propagating isotropically and c independent of the source's motion.

http://mathpages.com/rr/s1-06/1-06.htm

Spacetime Wrinkles

A series of articles about relativity specifically about recent research. Includes movies (QuickTime) and sound.

http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/NumRelHome.html

Anomalous Precessions

The precession of the orbits of inner planets, especially Mercury, cannot be accurately described by Newtonian theory but are in close agreement with general relativity.

http://mathpages.com/rr/s6-02/6-02.htm

An Exact Solution

In general relativity the speed of light is a tensor whose value depends on the coordinate system, location and direction of travel.

http://mathpages.com/rr/s6-01/6-01.htm

Lecture notes on General Relativity by Sean M. Carroll

Course given at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and issued Spring 1996. Links to other relevant sites.

http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/March01/Carroll3/Carroll_contents.html

Deriving Inter Kinematic Relations for Accel-ID

A brief but detailed article looking at special relativity by using 'proper acceleration' to eliminate the need to start with Lorentz Transformations.