Beyond Einstein: making sense of general relativity and the ideas it inspired

What is general relativity?

Objectives and agenda

The Newtonian view of gravity and the universe

Einstein: the man, the myth and his work

The foundation stones of general relativity

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General relativity: key principles

Why general relativity is important

Objectives and agenda

Testing general relativity

The impact of general relativity

Questions for reflection

The concept of black holes

Objectives and agenda

The features of a black hole

Black holes exist

Capturing our first image of a black hole

Inside a black hole

Introducing the concept of Hawking radiation

Understanding Hawking radiation

Hawking radiation and quantum theory

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The concept of gravitational lenses

Objectives and agenda

Timeline of gravitational lens discovery

Using gravitational lenses

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The concept of gravitational waves

Objectives and agenda

What are gravitational waves?

The detection of gravitational waves

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Gravitational lensing and gravitational waves

The concept of the big bang

Objectives and agenda

The expanding universe

The big bang theory

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Black holes and the big bang

More questions than answers

Objectives and agenda

What went bang?

What is the space-time continuum?

The black hole information paradox

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Questions of the universe

Where now?

Objectives and agenda

Testing cosmological gravity

Quantum gravity?

Black hole thermodynamics

A crisis in physics?

Black holes and the theory of everything

Go large in your thinking

The 'go large' debate

Final thoughts

General relativity concepts assessment

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